Multi-tasking
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msagaraHaving almost finished the requested revisions for one project (I'm waiting to get something clarified before I can actually say done and heave both a sigh of relief and a manuscript out the door), I'm getting back to writing the novel I put aside to work on revisions. [I've been finishing up the Sunburst Jury award work as well.]
Which is sort of my excuse for being so darn slow to get up to speed on HOUSE WAR again.
When I was younger, I found switching between projects almost a relief. I'm not sure if it was due to the fact that I had no children then, and that there was nothing therefore consuming emotional energy and time in the particular fashion; I do think about this a lot. Why? Because I think I'm becoming, in novel terms, a serial monogamist.
It takes me a while to sink the emotional roots I need to have in place into any novel, and when I move to a different project, I seem -- these days -- to uproot them all. When I come back, I have to give myself a big mental slap, and change speed, tone and direction -- all of which would be easier; I have to find the emotional threads and bindings, which is harder than it used to be.
So I'm sort of wondering how many people here can work on two books at once, and how they manage to do it if they can. I can take short story breaks, but I think this has more to do with the differing processes of the two media.
Which is sort of my excuse for being so darn slow to get up to speed on HOUSE WAR again.
When I was younger, I found switching between projects almost a relief. I'm not sure if it was due to the fact that I had no children then, and that there was nothing therefore consuming emotional energy and time in the particular fashion; I do think about this a lot. Why? Because I think I'm becoming, in novel terms, a serial monogamist.
It takes me a while to sink the emotional roots I need to have in place into any novel, and when I move to a different project, I seem -- these days -- to uproot them all. When I come back, I have to give myself a big mental slap, and change speed, tone and direction -- all of which would be easier; I have to find the emotional threads and bindings, which is harder than it used to be.
So I'm sort of wondering how many people here can work on two books at once, and how they manage to do it if they can. I can take short story breaks, but I think this has more to do with the differing processes of the two media.
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Songwriting multiple songs
Date: 2004-07-08 04:28 pm (UTC)I usually have about 7-8 songs/sets of lyrics that could all turn into songs, before going into this mode. At that point I usually select 2-3 songs and roll through each one, finishing it, before going onto the next one. And *then* I work on the performances of these songs *wry grin.*
Re: Songwriting multiple songs
Date: 2004-07-08 09:02 pm (UTC)I've always wondered if the lyrics come -before- the music, after it, or at the same time. When I dabbled in this (before I realized that I was never really going to be good enough at it not to cause myself public embarrassment), they always came simultaneously. And it was messy <wry g>.