Feb. 10th, 2006
I should know better by now
Feb. 10th, 2006 01:55 amMuch of my problem with the current WIP is because I'm just going through the motions.
Editing & rewriting what I think should happen, then typing that up. Cross it off. Onto the next scene.
Without paying attention to the characters.
When I stopped and "asked" J how he wanted to play this scene, it became much easier to write.
This is fiction writing, not data entry. There has to be some emotional engagement.
Editing & rewriting what I think should happen, then typing that up. Cross it off. Onto the next scene.
Without paying attention to the characters.
When I stopped and "asked" J how he wanted to play this scene, it became much easier to write.
This is fiction writing, not data entry. There has to be some emotional engagement.
The best thing to come out Julia Cameron's books (the Artists Way & the Right to Write) is the idea of a date with the muse. That is, you take an hour a week and spend it alone doing something the 'feeds' your creative self. This includes things like going for a long walk, visiting a museum .... I have troulbe of thinking of things, which is why I forget to do it. It could be listening to music or going shopping for something fun. A long, hot bubble bath. Something that is enjoyable, different from the everyday and has some degree of self indulgence.
But it's all about refilling the creative well. If you consider that as you're writing, you're taking from that well. Eventually, if you don't refill it, you'll run dry and this is when it gets hard to write.
Other creative activites also take from the well. For me, crafts do.
OTOH photography helps fill it. So does reading. With some books, it feels like the words are flowing back into my head.
Music should, but it doesn't. At least, the music the computer plays over and over doesn't. Music from other sources e.g. live music does.
Sometimes writing adds to it, rather than taking away. This is why I like to do Nanowrimo. It renews the energy.
It's not about stimulating ideas. Certainly the music from the computer does plenty of that. It's about the creative energy required to do anything with those ideas. If you just keep drawing on it, it'll run out.
So, it's probably a good idea to start refilling it before that happens.
But it's all about refilling the creative well. If you consider that as you're writing, you're taking from that well. Eventually, if you don't refill it, you'll run dry and this is when it gets hard to write.
Other creative activites also take from the well. For me, crafts do.
OTOH photography helps fill it. So does reading. With some books, it feels like the words are flowing back into my head.
Music should, but it doesn't. At least, the music the computer plays over and over doesn't. Music from other sources e.g. live music does.
Sometimes writing adds to it, rather than taking away. This is why I like to do Nanowrimo. It renews the energy.
It's not about stimulating ideas. Certainly the music from the computer does plenty of that. It's about the creative energy required to do anything with those ideas. If you just keep drawing on it, it'll run out.
So, it's probably a good idea to start refilling it before that happens.
Food in the park
Feb. 10th, 2006 11:39 pmUmmed and aahed about going to Festivale.
It's the annual food & wine festival in Launceston's City Park. It's a bit of fun & one of the few annual events the city has. And it costs $10 to get in.
What does this $10 get you? The oppurtunity to spend even more on food. Which strikes me as a bit silly.
OK I do like Festivale, but I think what if it was free entry and it ran for longer and there were other things on in the surrounding area like an outdoor market & fairground stalls & more street performers and, oh that would be Taste of Tasmania, wouldn't it. Not that I'm suggesting the Taste is any way better that Festivale. I wouldn't do that. (sigh)
Still, I had a camera to try out, so I went.
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It's the annual food & wine festival in Launceston's City Park. It's a bit of fun & one of the few annual events the city has. And it costs $10 to get in.
What does this $10 get you? The oppurtunity to spend even more on food. Which strikes me as a bit silly.
OK I do like Festivale, but I think what if it was free entry and it ran for longer and there were other things on in the surrounding area like an outdoor market & fairground stalls & more street performers and, oh that would be Taste of Tasmania, wouldn't it. Not that I'm suggesting the Taste is any way better that Festivale. I wouldn't do that. (sigh)
Still, I had a camera to try out, so I went.
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