Pretend I'm a fan who is asking you to write a piece about your thoughts on the writing process in general, then . You will have at least an audience of one, and I'd be happy to read it. Would, in fact, look forward to it.
*grin* Okay. In fact, it's already up -- the most recent entry in my journal. It's just thoughts about this part of the writing process, though, because my thoughts on process in general are long and disjointed and I have no confidence in them.
At this stage I am eagerly gobbling up the thoughts on process of people whose processes have, you know, worked.
It's the other side of the coin. I think a lot of readers approach an original work without specific expectations, so if I write the story well, there's less of a chance that I fail to address a specific need.
*nodsnods* That makes sense, intellectually at least.
I find it freeing, yes. Because I can assume that those who like the books will like my particular take on a number of things; I'm not disappointing a preset set of expectations.
*more nodding* I'll be getting a headache at this rate. *grin*
Ah. That makes more sense. I wrote the first books with no certain sense that anyone would want to read them -- but as I was trying to write something I thought I would want to read, I assumed that people out there who were like me existed, and that kept me going.
Huh. Interesting. I don't know what part of that logic chain I'm failing -- while I don't always write want I want to read, I would in fact want to read the current project. Maybe there are people like me part?
More people watch Buffy, though .
Hey, if your books were free and beamed into their living rooms, more people would read them too. Never underestimate the power of laziness.
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Date: 2004-10-22 06:40 am (UTC)*grin* Okay. In fact, it's already up -- the most recent entry in my journal. It's just thoughts about this part of the writing process, though, because my thoughts on process in general are long and disjointed and I have no confidence in them.
At this stage I am eagerly gobbling up the thoughts on process of people whose processes have, you know, worked.
It's the other side of the coin. I think a lot of readers approach an original work without specific expectations, so if I write the story well, there's less of a chance that I fail to address a specific need.
*nodsnods* That makes sense, intellectually at least.
I find it freeing, yes. Because I can assume that those who like the books will like my particular take on a number of things; I'm not disappointing a preset set of expectations.
*more nodding* I'll be getting a headache at this rate. *grin*
Ah. That makes more sense. I wrote the first books with no certain sense that anyone would want to read them -- but as I was trying to write something I thought I would want to read, I assumed that people out there who were like me existed, and that kept me going.
Huh. Interesting. I don't know what part of that logic chain I'm failing -- while I don't always write want I want to read, I would in fact want to read the current project. Maybe there are people like me part?
More people watch Buffy, though .
Hey, if your books were free and beamed into their living rooms, more people would read them too. Never underestimate the power of laziness.