You down with MeDD
Apr. 13th, 2009 11:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
valis2So. I've decided I need a Mental Dictation Device.
The way I write is pretty straightforward. I have the kernel of an idea. I begin to think about the idea, and where it could go. This daydream state is just as important as the actual writing portion.
As I grow obsessed with the idea, I begin to write it in my head. I narrate it exactly as I would narrate it on a piece of paper, only because it's my mind, I jump ahead to other sections and combine some daydreaming with it.
Then I begin to actually write it physically. At this point, whenever I am not at the computer actively writing it, I am narrating large sections. Like, when I'm in the bathtub, or in bed, or driving, or at work. I start at the beginning of a scene, and I simply start mentally writing the text. The words appear exactly as they would for the page. If any of it is particularly interesting, I make a note of it somewhere.
The writing starts at the beginning. I don't skip ahead. If I've already thought of a section in my head, especially if I've thought of it multiple times, that section will be written fairly quickly. The connecting sequences might be a little clunky, but they'll be better after a bit of polish. As I write, I reread everything that came before first, unless the story is too big for that (I stop doing that around 15-20k, I'd say). In that case, I just read the section I'm working on.
If I had a MeDD, this would be so much easier. As I sat at work, writing a story in my head, it could be transferred via wireless connection to my MeDD, which would faithfully spool it all to the hard drive of my computer. Because I narrate texturally, as opposed to with images, I think that it would work out well. There are some days where I would estimate I've generated 5 or 6k of material. And then I have to go home and write it "again," in a way. The MeDD would be so useful, because sometimes I lose some of the better turns of phrase--I have a terrible memory. Though, as the flip side of the coin, I might lose some better phrases by only writing it once.
I'd just have to remember to turn it off when I start daydreaming about my Mary Sue characters. lol.
How about you? Any thoughts on writing processes? Would you welcome or curse a MeDD?
The way I write is pretty straightforward. I have the kernel of an idea. I begin to think about the idea, and where it could go. This daydream state is just as important as the actual writing portion.
As I grow obsessed with the idea, I begin to write it in my head. I narrate it exactly as I would narrate it on a piece of paper, only because it's my mind, I jump ahead to other sections and combine some daydreaming with it.
Then I begin to actually write it physically. At this point, whenever I am not at the computer actively writing it, I am narrating large sections. Like, when I'm in the bathtub, or in bed, or driving, or at work. I start at the beginning of a scene, and I simply start mentally writing the text. The words appear exactly as they would for the page. If any of it is particularly interesting, I make a note of it somewhere.
The writing starts at the beginning. I don't skip ahead. If I've already thought of a section in my head, especially if I've thought of it multiple times, that section will be written fairly quickly. The connecting sequences might be a little clunky, but they'll be better after a bit of polish. As I write, I reread everything that came before first, unless the story is too big for that (I stop doing that around 15-20k, I'd say). In that case, I just read the section I'm working on.
If I had a MeDD, this would be so much easier. As I sat at work, writing a story in my head, it could be transferred via wireless connection to my MeDD, which would faithfully spool it all to the hard drive of my computer. Because I narrate texturally, as opposed to with images, I think that it would work out well. There are some days where I would estimate I've generated 5 or 6k of material. And then I have to go home and write it "again," in a way. The MeDD would be so useful, because sometimes I lose some of the better turns of phrase--I have a terrible memory. Though, as the flip side of the coin, I might lose some better phrases by only writing it once.
I'd just have to remember to turn it off when I start daydreaming about my Mary Sue characters. lol.
How about you? Any thoughts on writing processes? Would you welcome or curse a MeDD?
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Date: 2009-04-13 10:44 pm (UTC)Braintwin! wow. Yeah, the interface works--but only to a point. It can't keep up with the insanity that speeds along in my brain, lol.
And in the dream, everybody was appalled that I'd chosen to have the chip implanted, and was treating me like some sort of monster. But then I ended up in an elevator with the Dalai Lama, and it turned out he had one too, so we went for tea and had a long conversation about how cool it was, and the possibilities for other neural interfaces, and I've forgotten all the details but I woke up with my head buzzing.
*nodnod* You see? Even the Dalai Lama wants one. It has to happen sometime, then.
And, dude, I would so be in line for that implant. SO. I would be camping out. Because it would be so friggin' useful.