Rolling Day II
Had another great writing day. Did a little over eleven pages. I could have written more, except it was late and I have to go to work today. :-( The scene is pretty dialogue heavy, I think, but I'll layer things in later. This is one of those scenes that covers a lot of ground, but has to have enough depth to each subject raised to feel complete. Anyway, I was able to torture Mika and Conor all day yesterday, so I had fun even if they didn't. :-)
I also realized something that worries me. I seem to write better (and faster) late in the evening rather than during the day. This wouldn't be a big problem except that I have the day job :-( and the alarm goes off at 4am. :-( So starting to write at 7pm and going for three hours isn't good. I was able to write on TPOT earlier in the day without any difficulty, I wonder why CG is proving to be different?
MN Weather Report: -8 degrees. Wind chill: -21 degrees.
I also realized something that worries me. I seem to write better (and faster) late in the evening rather than during the day. This wouldn't be a big problem except that I have the day job :-( and the alarm goes off at 4am. :-( So starting to write at 7pm and going for three hours isn't good. I was able to write on TPOT earlier in the day without any difficulty, I wonder why CG is proving to be different?
MN Weather Report: -8 degrees. Wind chill: -21 degrees.
posted by Patti O'Shea at 4:22 AM
I find that the atmosphere of the book I'm working on can influence my best writing times. With 'Tiger Eye', which was an adventure/fun, morning and afternoon were good -- but with 'ATOC', which is all werewolves and vampires, I did my best work at night, with the lights off. Go figure. Sorry you have to get up so early. :-(
Marjorie
Marjorie,
You know it makes me feel better to know that you were affected by your nocturnal characters. My demons are night people too. I thought it was me changing, but it relieves me to think the next book will be normal again. or whatever passes for normal with writers. ;-)
On the other hand, it's slightly freakish to think that my demons are affecting what time of day is best for writing them. =8-O I've grown accustomed to them talking to me and refusing to do stuff or going off and doing something unplanned, but it doesn't really affect *me*, you know? This, however, does. I'm hearing that "Twilight Zone" theme music again.
Patti
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