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April 08, 2006
Getting Stuff Done/A Writing Miracle
I am having a surprisingly productive day so far. I got a good bit of SR proofing done this morning, plus some exercise (which I hate to do), and even a little housework (shocking, I know). But most surprisingly, I got a lot of writing done.
I’ve been avoiding writing lately. I guess I’m afraid I don’t have anything to say. Or that I don’t know where to go with the story. Or that it wouldn’t be any good. Blah, blah. Who knows? It’s just excuses and more excuses.
So, today I decided to sit down and try to work on a story that seemed to have promise but was so far just a 400 word summary of a story - all telling, no showing, no dialogue, really just bare bones, just an idea. Not very good at all.
That was a couple hours ago. Now that story is over 3,000 words long, with three different scenes, three new characters (not counting a handful of unnamed guards along the edges), and lots of places to go. How did that happen? How did I manage to sit in this chair for two solid hours and type out a story I had no idea what to do with when I sat down?
That’s a writing miracle of sorts, I guess. I wish it happened everyday.
The truth is, it might happen everyday if I would just make myself put in the time everyday.
Hmm…something to think about.
Posted by Selena at April 8, 2006 01:00 PM