a minute ago, like an hour and a half ago

Sep 11, 2012 08:11

I thought that I'd let you in on my writing technique, just to show you how it's done.

Step 1: Open a work in progress document, one where you've maybe got 1.5k written.

Step 2: Read through what you've got so far.

Step 3: Make a few minor edits as you go.

Step 4: Stare at the last line you've got written for two, perhaps three minutes.

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tygrrlyli September 11 2012, 09:00:09 UTC
Oddly, this is almost exactly my process whenever I decide I should attempt to be a writer or, at the very least, to write something.
Somehow through this same exact process, you actually create written works.
I do not.

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sikeminatural September 11 2012, 09:37:32 UTC
Lol I do that too! But hey, it's progress right? :P

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ixchel55 September 11 2012, 11:11:57 UTC
Sounds about right and oh so familiar.

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i_want_2 September 11 2012, 11:49:55 UTC
You forgot the half-hour of searching the web when you get distracted by needing to look something up.

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dugindeep September 11 2012, 12:38:10 UTC
That is incredibly close to my style!

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