Friday, 29 May 2009

• Currently Ender's Game By Orson Scott Card see related

  A few days ago, I picked up a pen and notebook and started writing again. I can't even remember the last time I did that. It's been years. Possibly not since Rachael was born, which is almost 7 years. I'm most creative and productive at night, when the kids are in bed and things are quiet. So, I've had a few late nights this past week. I don't have a great track record on finishing stories, and I don't know how to keep them short, so we'll see how this goes. I just know that I get stuff in my head and I can't think about anything else until it's down on paper. I have difficutly writing creatively on the computer because I'm too focused on spelling and structure. I spend more time backspacing than writing, so I write with pen and paper. I think it's because I know I can't go back and fix a mistake that helps me just keep going and working with it. I spend too much time revising and getting it just right on the computer, and I don't move forward.  I even have a specific pen that I prefer, black Bic, not sure why, but I like it best. I did put some of my character information on the computer last night. The computer is great to get it all out there and be able to manipulate the details, but for the process of writing the story, I still need paper. If this story makes it all the way to the computer, it will be a huge step for me. So, we'll see what happens!

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