If my lack of productivity is any indication of how enamored I am with this guy...turns out Jimmy likes to lay out on the beach. He ended up with a nice golden tan. You should see how his rippling abs look...
*slaps self*
I have words in my head that I cannot shove onto paper. I don't know what you do when you are at a crossroads or can't seem to eke out a sentence that goes anywhere you want it to, but when I get stuck I tend to create people. So I did.
I'm very self-conscious about my inability to decorate. I've spent countless hours, days even, decorating a lot. Literally days. I cannot build from scratch to save my life but I can sometimes hit on a theme that I can run with. It usually helps if I know who will live there and what makes that person tick. Although landscaping escapes me. And it still isn't "perfect" but it's decent. Someone does need to explain to me however why a character can stand next to a room and yet walk outside and all the way around the lot to get there. Or why visitors use the back door when there is clearly a front door waiting for them.
I'm behind on my reading, no scratch that, I've been reading, I just haven't been leaving comments. I will. I promise. New schedule starts tomorrow so I will be even more tired than I usually am. I want, need, to focus on writing something. One thing I learned is that you never get more time. It keeps going and you cannot recoup it so you have to use it wisely. Knowing that and executing that however are tough for me.
Jimmy is a nice surprise. He's a wild card and I like that about him. As for the words you can't shove on paper, I say shove them anyway. Even if it looks crazy at first, even if you read them back to yourself and say WTF. Put them down so that you can literally see where you might be going (right or wrong). I've even gone so far as to say the things in my head out loud (in the privacy of the shower of course). It's just got to get out and prove it's either worth keeping or worth chucking in the trash. Otherwise it just stays stuck there and it blocks the next thoughts.
ReplyDeleteAnd that walking around robin hood's barn to get to the next room drives me up the wall. Totally unecessary. I have one lot where they run around the entire lot to get to another side of the same room. Just walk the hell behind the couch for goodness sake.
He is so scoop up with a spoon gorgeous, it's just ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteYou write like nobody else. You create characters like nobody else. If you find yourself sitting there wondering why somebody uses the back door...outsource it.
Put Cooper back on the stage and turn on the lights.
Muzegoddess he really was a nice surprise. There is a lot more to that guy than meets the eyes, that's for sure. I think Beth and I are having a lot of fun with him. I do need to just write it. I get hung up on writing the "finished" version instead of just getting it out. I have a hard time with my internal editor getting in the way. Plus I am always distracted by something.
ReplyDeleteOMG yes about walking across the room!! Seriously insane! Jimmy was standing in the hallway and I sent him to bed (his room is right there) and he literally went outside and around the house to go to the bedroom which was RIGHT THERE!! It's insane.
Beth he is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteYou know me...I get stuck trying to solve something to distraction. It's an obsession, like trying to be perfect. My fatal flaw.
It isn't quiet enough for me to focus or I would.
Creating people helps. Sometimes I just write it out, thinking on paper. That helps me at least, and it lacks any pressure to preform, you know? It doesn't have to be good, just me digging around in the guts of my story trying to figure things out. It can be as messy as it sounds, lol.
ReplyDeleteBut there is something relaxing about it too. And sometimes when I start talking myself through things, before I know it I'm writing out a scene in my head.
Lunar Fox you are right, sometimes creating people does help. It stimulates the imagination, lets you see who that person is and how they fit in the scheme of things and it sparks start flying everywhere.
ReplyDeleteI did try to just write and turn off the constant editor in my head. Then I look at what I did and feel like it is total garbage or pointless. ut it is a start, a foundation you can fix.
Thank you...