Writing First Thing in the Morning: Creating More Time...Which is Somehow Never Enough
I wrote today. First thing this morning. 1823 words. That's quite a bit and more than I anticipated.
Once I get going, I can just keep going, as ideas and writing leads to more ideas and writing
I'm in an idea mode right now, working mostly on more background stuff, but also some dialogue interspersed.
I added some new elements, which I believe give more depth and background to the story. And provide ways to branch off and connect with some of my other proto-story ideas...as if they all exist within one universe.
I'm reminded of how Asimov combined his Robot and Foundations series. Stephen King tends to do that as well. It really kinda makes sense. All this stuff lives in our heads, which are, really, our own desperate little realities we have constructed for ourselves.
I also went back and forth between ideas that had been germinating in another story. I felt it important to record those ideas. I have ideas all the time that I plan to jot down but never do...and then, of course, I loose those ideas.
But I also think they are still there...somewhere, banging around in mind, begging for expression, combining with other ideas.
I'm a very idea-driven person and writer, which has it's pros and cons. I can be too big and global and neglect the local and more nuanced, detail stuff that really makes scenes and characters come alive.
But I also believe I am getting better with the detail...and will continue to do so.
The best part of starting and finish writing so early is that...it's still early. I have a lot of things to do today. I got some things done yesterday, but I also felt it important to take it easy for once. I can't keep going and going.
I sort of wish I could have more time to myself this weekend, to get more things done and perhaps, get ahead for once. Easter...isn't particularly meaningful to me. But I do want it to be special for my boys. And I want them to have time with their cousins. We don't get to see them nearly as often as I would like.
Once I get going, I can just keep going, as ideas and writing leads to more ideas and writing
I'm in an idea mode right now, working mostly on more background stuff, but also some dialogue interspersed.
I added some new elements, which I believe give more depth and background to the story. And provide ways to branch off and connect with some of my other proto-story ideas...as if they all exist within one universe.
I'm reminded of how Asimov combined his Robot and Foundations series. Stephen King tends to do that as well. It really kinda makes sense. All this stuff lives in our heads, which are, really, our own desperate little realities we have constructed for ourselves.
I also went back and forth between ideas that had been germinating in another story. I felt it important to record those ideas. I have ideas all the time that I plan to jot down but never do...and then, of course, I loose those ideas.
But I also think they are still there...somewhere, banging around in mind, begging for expression, combining with other ideas.
I'm a very idea-driven person and writer, which has it's pros and cons. I can be too big and global and neglect the local and more nuanced, detail stuff that really makes scenes and characters come alive.
But I also believe I am getting better with the detail...and will continue to do so.
The best part of starting and finish writing so early is that...it's still early. I have a lot of things to do today. I got some things done yesterday, but I also felt it important to take it easy for once. I can't keep going and going.
I sort of wish I could have more time to myself this weekend, to get more things done and perhaps, get ahead for once. Easter...isn't particularly meaningful to me. But I do want it to be special for my boys. And I want them to have time with their cousins. We don't get to see them nearly as often as I would like.
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