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[darkluna]

Something I was pondering in my writing journal...

I'm a slow writer. It's partly laziness, and partly, I think, natural slowness. I wrote about 1000 words this week, and that's a pretty good week for me. I'm sure I could do better, but I get bogged down and don't know what comes next.

I wish I knew how very fast writers do it. Do they never get stuck? Do they always know what happens next? I've known several people who write very fast and produce crap, but I also know people who write good stuff at blazing speed. Sometimes I think they just blithely write or type away without a care in the world, but I guess they probably worry that they're going too fast and might write better if they slowed down. I'm sure if I didn't worry about writing too slowly I'd find something else to worry about. The ink is probably greener on the other side of the page.

The best thing about this week was that I wrote a little every day, chip-chip-chipping away at a story. I just have to try to do a little more every day.

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[havocmangawip.livejournal.com]

"Bird by Bird" says that 300 words a day, unedited is FINE. Just to sit down and DO IT, so by doing it every day? You are doing it! XD

If that made any sort of sense. Some days it's a miracle if I get to 300-400 words and some days my hand feels like it's going to fall off and I've written 2,000!

It just depends. On my mood, environment, what sort of scene I'm writing.

Is it really intense or is it a group scene where it's EASY to have lots of things happening and the dialog is popping back and forth. It was EASY to write the Lake scenes in WIP. They just came SO SO fast. But the Envy bit at the end of 44? It took forever and I agonized over it. Writing OUT of that scene in 45? Also took forever. (Since Mustang and Havoc were BOTH so "touchy" and I had to make sure that no one sounded like a melodramatic tween. ;))

So there it is. XD (I love it when people share process.)

AND "Bird by Bird"? I reviewed it in my journal. It's a must. (And I laughed and was touched in so many places.)

[darkluna.livejournal.com]

I love "Bird by Bird."

Inspiration does come and goes in waves for me. I just have to remember that it'll stick around longer if I do something with it. It's funny how I can think I have nothing to say, but if I make myself sit down and get started, something always comes out.

"melodramatic tween" - hee! I may beg ask very sweetly for you to beta my FMA romantic comedy when it's a little more fit for public consumption. I don't write Havoc and Sciezka quite like you do, but I'm having fun with them.

[havocmangawip.livejournal.com]

Oooh, yes I would be honored! THEY ARE OPEN TO INTERPRETATION!!! Fox wrote one for me that was quite a bit naughtier than I go. Just straight out almost in public nookie. It was LOVE.

I can hardly wait to see it!