... after my tea and LJ-run I'll be doing a rollicking scene for another book, and then I'll rewrite something with some added emotional texture that I thought of during the middle of the night for a third, and ponder the entry point for a tough scene in the fourth
This might sound clueless on my part, but can I ask how you know that the scene that you'll be working on will be a rollicking scene?
Because I think that's part of finding the right head-space quickly, and I think that's where I fall down.
I don't actually know what I'm going to be writing with any certainty even when I know that I'll be working on One Novel. I know the viewpoint. I know, with about 50% accuracy, what I think I'll be writing -- but the veers are sharp and stuctural, and they work in a way that is specific to my process, and necessary for it.
I don't dread the blank screen -- but finding the right tone, or perhaps, anent recent LJ conversations, the right voice is difficult at the moment if I'm working on something else. I wonder if it's just an immersion or an over-focus problem on my part. If I'm close enough to the character that the character is practically speaking in tongues through me, it's not as hard, for all the obvious reasons. And deadlines are such that it's not technically possible not to switch back and forth.
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Date: 2004-07-08 02:54 pm (UTC)This might sound clueless on my part, but can I ask how you know that the scene that you'll be working on will be a rollicking scene?
Because I think that's part of finding the right head-space quickly, and I think that's where I fall down.
I don't actually know what I'm going to be writing with any certainty even when I know that I'll be working on One Novel. I know the viewpoint. I know, with about 50% accuracy, what I think I'll be writing -- but the veers are sharp and stuctural, and they work in a way that is specific to my process, and necessary for it.
I don't dread the blank screen -- but finding the right tone, or perhaps, anent recent LJ conversations, the right voice is difficult at the moment if I'm working on something else. I wonder if it's just an immersion or an over-focus problem on my part. If I'm close enough to the character that the character is practically speaking in tongues through me, it's not as hard, for all the obvious reasons. And deadlines are such that it's not technically possible not to switch back and forth.