An LJ reader emailed me a writing question a few days ago, and gave me the all-clear to use its answer as a blog post, so I’m going to give it a shot. The question (and its surrounding commentary, which I thought was relevant) follows: I know that some authors find rewriting easier (in some ways) than the initial creative process. Me, I can whip something out of nothing without breaking a sweat. But whenever I try to approach the highly necessary rewrite of my recent novella, I get almost…
Author: mizkit
I do not like the alarm going off at 7am (although this morning I woke up at 6:49), but I do very much like being up in the morning and getting exercise. Dang nab it. :) I got 1400 words before lunch and was very pleased with myself. Then I came back from lunch, sat down to start the next scene, and realized I had no idea what to do with it. A look at the synopsis suggested I’d completely screwed up the scene I’d written before lunch, so I…
thinks whut need doink
thinks to do: – go to the butcher for a roast beast – get stuff to make marshmallow creme (eggs, corn syrup…) – write one trillion words (or at least 2500) – maybe bake something nice – try to remember the other things I’m forgetting, which are myriad – like wrapping some presents – and putting the ones we’re not wrapping under the tree – and probably other stuff !!! Holy crap! I finished my entire outward-bound journey on the Eowyn Challenge/Walk to Rivendell! That’s 4757 miles! Granted, I’ve been…
peektures
birthday party pictures & longford snow day & ted’s new derby behind the cut :)
actually a very nice weekend in Dublin
Ted and I had actually a very nice couple days in Dublin. Despite my initial impulse to leap out of bed and take the 8:15 train in and get to Ikea the moment it opened, wiser minds prevailed and we went in at 10:15, had lunch, and then … well, actually, then we had a complete and total failure to communicate with the bus driver about getting to Ikea, so we ended up taking the *entirety* of the bus route. Furthermore, it happened that we’d selected the route that went…