Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
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1) Write book
2) Seek publication. Forever.
1) Oh! I should write today
2) Maybe tomorrow...
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha etc
Get an idea, research, research, research, develop a thesis, research, research, research, oh look this source has lots of other great references I should research. Research some more. Ready to write. What's my topic again?
1) This piece won't be that long
2) Oh no
I miss that stage.
Me, next morning: “Omfg, this is pure 💩”
3) No one will understand this, I need to vive it more exposition
4) the exposition is gonna be another whole book, isn't it?
5) that one needs more exposition as well.. uh-oh
Let's add cooking dinner, giving dog a bath, & teaching teen how to drive!
Actually, just about anything!
I hope you're writing continues to progress for you 😊
2) don’t start
1. I should write
2. I got nothing in my brain to write
3. Wait for muse and inspiration
4. Get that muse in the most inconvenient of times like in the shower or using a toilet(can not write it down)
5. Try to remember what you thoughts, but nothing
The dark impending doom of 2.
Oh god.
2. What time is- BULLSHIT.
1) Massively overly complex outline
2) Write WAAAAAAAAY too much
3) Edit what I just wrote
4) Scrap the edits and rewrite the whole thing
5) Go back and rework the outline the match the new stuff
6) Rinse and repeat
From the time the bell tinkles as they enter the shop till the first word is spoken:
six LONG paragraphs.
I don't care the century/setting.
WANT.
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Sit down to write.
Remember you have no clean towels, start laundry.
Realize you haven't eaten today, make lunch, eat lunch.
Move laundry to dryer.
Sit down to write.
You really should make that phone call today...
Outlines do help! That, and reigning it in. 😅
*some time later*
"okay. Starting chapter 13..."
Actually, I think I’m always in Stage 2.
4) Rewriting Again
1) I'm stuck therefore,
2) I'm done
😆
1) get idea, start writing it then realize my ADHD brain can't finish it, split the novel into parts for short story series involving same characters with different story arcs, and while concepts for NEW idea keep delaying the last story, finally finish it.
Goddamnit, editing.
2) See #1.
1) Oh No
2) Why
3) I quit
😂😂😂
2) (Usually less than 10% away from the end, but less than 50% of the total writing time) Burn it. Burn it to the ground.
1) lol, this looks easy
2) what have I done?
Except my desert is Rockport beach so there are kids hanging out & getting high & swimming in the surf & carrying this insanely large boombox wherever they roam. It runs on DD batteries so we have music too!
*3 days later*
I would add...
3) Nap
4) Smash it out
This usually works very well, this advice was given to me by my first Editor, still works to this day!
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2. Wait where should I go from here
3. HOW DO I WRITE THE FIRST PAGE
These are common struggles.
how’s it true EVERY time? I’m somehow both Charlie Brown AND Lucy in my own purgatorial, Sisyphean football-kicking routine 😆
1) I’ve got a great idea.
2) This crap.
*checks watch*
Ok, 11:20pm. I need to get into bed by 1am.
I'll do the last few touchups on this Cities: Skylines road, then go to bed.
*checks watch again* oh, shit, 6:54am. Well, guess I'll go to bed now.
1) can't do this, to much effort
2) that was fast, and ok
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Stage 4 - 10000000000000000,00000000,0000000 great story narrative arcs outlined in notebooks and 10 pages written for each one
1) What a brilliant idea! This will transform the field.
2) It's so obvious! Why hasn't anyone said this before?
3) This has all been said before! I have nothing to say!
4) Repeat steps 1-3 x 100.
5) Another ho-hum academic article/book is born.
3) - no means no!
-that will just be plot hole that never gets addressed
1) It was a hot day...
2) Ok, start again.
1) The sea was calm
2) No, no, no. Do over
1) I saw a man wearing..
2) aarrggghhhh! FFS.
Two stages of writ...
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"Taking into consideration all aspects of the project, I think the most effective approach would be a bottom-up restructure of the guidance document to better facilitate what will inevitably be..."
Me writing creatively:
"The air smelled good. It was hot."