Good luck with submitting, Gud!
Anyone here do morning pages, a la Julia Cameron and The Artist's Way? If you do, what do you think of the process?
Bunch of wanna blessed-bes. Nowadays every girl with a henna tattoo and a spice rack thinks she's a sister to the dark ones.
Willow ,'Bring On The Night'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Amy - Jan 04, 2012 12:45:32 pm PST #4993 of 6690
Because books.
Beverly - Jan 04, 2012 3:02:16 pm PST #4994 of 6690
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I've used it in the past, to good effect. I combined it with my no-communicating with the humans period first thing in the mornings, though. Coffee, computer or notebook, and free-writing immediately on getting up and before I was vocal. It utilized what I called "dream energy". Most dreams occur just before waking, and if I could prolong that state, I got more free-wheeling writing done.
If I had to talk to the kids or deal with a PTA thing or get my own ass in the car and to work, it wasn't the same. When my day started too early to set the clock an extra hour early to get up and write, I'd take a nap, get up from that and write. It worked, but not quite as well as early morning.
Morning pages are good in that they get your mind freewheeling with the words and ideas, get you past your self-editor because you're not keeping the first three pages. They build a bit of momentum, and if you can sustain it, even for a little while, you can put it to use for actual writing.
hippocampus - Jan 06, 2012 4:53:02 am PST #4995 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
DH is working from home today and I'm in that part of editing this thing where I read aloud. I need to read 15k words aloud today. OMG did I ever have the worst territorial reaction. NO you can't work in the bedroom because I might go there. NO don't work there either. GET OUT. You shouldn't be here.
Yeah. I'm a great wife and mother.
ETA: which is why I'm all fiddly on the interwebs instead of working. GAH.
-t - Jan 12, 2012 7:50:40 am PST #4996 of 6690
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hey, I have a (really good) story by Dana in my inbox from Daily Science Fiction! So I guess it should be up on their website soon for people who don't subscribe.
Dana - Jan 12, 2012 8:13:12 am PST #4997 of 6690
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I know! It's exciting and the feedback on the FB page is interesting and useful.
hippocampus - Jan 12, 2012 8:13:58 am PST #4998 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
Yay Dana! I thought that might be yours - Congratulations!
hippocampus - Jan 12, 2012 10:06:43 am PST #4999 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
In other news, I think I wrote a novel.
sj - Jan 12, 2012 10:08:44 am PST #5000 of 6690
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yay, Sox!
amych - Jan 12, 2012 10:09:38 am PST #5001 of 6690
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I think you did. Yay!!
erikaj - Jan 12, 2012 10:10:15 am PST #5002 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
I've thought that several times, but I was wrong. I think I might do it this time, though. Good for you.