Fic progress

[valis2]

As usual, time restraints sharpen my swords, and the ginormous bloated thing I wasn't certain about writing for Snupin has revealed itself to have a simple, tripartate structure at its core that is making me jump for joy. Huzzah!

The daydreaming stage (the longest part of me writing anything) is at its end.

My ratio seems to be 4 parts daydreaming, 1 part writing, for just about anything.

What about you guys? What's your daydream-to-writing ratio?

Comments

Daydreaming

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One of my favorite cartoons is about this topic. A guy is sitting in his office, clipping his toenails, making paper airplanes, playing tiddlywinks with paper cliips. His editor comes in and says,"Can I talk to you for a minute?" And the first guy explodes, "WHAT??!! Can't you see I'm writing??!!"

In a more literary vein, this from A. S. Byatt ("Still Life"):

"There had to be a time before thought, a woolgathering time where nothing happened, a time of yawning, of wandering eyes and feet, of reluctance to do what would finally become delightful and energetic. Threads of thought had to rise and be gathered and catch on other threads of old thought, from some unused memory store."

Re: Daydreaming

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Oh, that's great! I love the cartoon idea, it's so true.

And that is a terrific quote! I'm so glad to have it here in the journal so I won't forget it. Thank you!

Re: Daydreaming

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See, now doesn't that make you feel less guilty for daydreaming instead of writing? :D

I forget who it was that said, "Every morning I get up, and I have a choice. I could write. Or I could just open my veins."

It's hard hard hard, this writing thing, isn't it?

(btw the cartoon was "Shoe")