I don't have writers' block. I have "god this sucks let's fix that sentence no it isn't quite right let's fix it again maybe another sentence would be better no go fix the first sentence again."
Anal-retentive: not just a choice, but a lifestyle.
Well, lady, I must say-- You're my kinda stupid.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
The Great Write Way
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Betsy HP - Mar 02, 2003 2:42:15 pm PST #618 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
victor infante - Mar 02, 2003 2:42:36 pm PST #619 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
More like "having this particular character do this is so completely not this character that he'll look as though his brains suddenly leaked out his ears if he does that."
Oh, I getcha.
Betsy HP - Mar 02, 2003 2:43:57 pm PST #620 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Theodosia, that terrifies me so much that I have a snippets file. When a scene doesn't work or isn't really necessary, I cut it out and move it to snippets. Maybe it will return, maybe it won't, but it doesn't feel as bad as throwing it away entirely.
deborah grabien - Mar 02, 2003 2:45:41 pm PST #621 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Betsy, I read that (the anal-retentive, fuss with first draft post) and had I been anything other than a complete pagan, I'd have crossed myself.
I expect I'm anal-retentive about damned near everything else. Just not that....
Betsy HP - Mar 02, 2003 2:46:22 pm PST #622 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Crossed yourself to ward off contagion?
deborah grabien - Mar 02, 2003 2:48:53 pm PST #623 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Crossed yourself to ward off contagion?
Nope - I doubt individual writing issues are contagious. More as a "there is more, Horatio, than can be blah blahed in your philosophy" reaction (how in hell do I forget Hamlet???). Complete "whooosh" of warm air as something totally beyond me went by my ear.
erikaj - Mar 02, 2003 2:49:53 pm PST #624 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I would NEVER delete my first draft on purpose...It's happened on accident and the originals still haunt me because I was not able to reconstruct them completely. Failure to care enough about my own stuff enough to back it up, I'd say. I've had several blocked times, but am starting to get serious about writing every day now. Some of it's good, some of it's practice.
Betsy HP - Mar 02, 2003 2:51:20 pm PST #625 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
And now I am going to step away from the Buffistas and actually write. You know, the painful stuff.
Laters...
deborah grabien - Mar 02, 2003 2:54:58 pm PST #626 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Heh. Betsy, I did that this morning (Matty Groves, not Needfire; the stuff they pay me for).
And me out to play in the sunshine.
victor infante - Mar 02, 2003 3:04:03 pm PST #627 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
I'm fried from housework today, and am going to see Reggie Gibson read poetry tonight, so I'm going to be burning midnight oil on the writing front. That's OK. I write best at night, anyway.