In the same vein, though, when I'm not clear-headed (say getting sick or very tired or just stayed up too long so I'm not quite myself the next day) I find it much harder to produce anything that I consider worthwhile. The actual words are decent enough but I'm much, much harder on my writing when I'm not feeling good.
Exactly. I can still write, but it's a LOT harder and it never feels good at all. I know I could keep forcing it if I had to, but generally I would rather not.
What IS it about things becoming long? I worry that I pad too much, but on the other hand I know I've seen writers who cut things down too much and don't write out the interesting parts. There was a story I read once that started--not exactly this, but not far off--"It had been a tumultuous year, full of stress and conflict. But now that it was over and Jason was their legal son at last, Clark and Bruce could sit down and cuddle." Cuddling commenced. :) And at a certain level--sure, whatever you want to write! But I feel like I'm missing out on the actual story...
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Date: 2014-06-22 08:21 am (UTC)Exactly. I can still write, but it's a LOT harder and it never feels good at all. I know I could keep forcing it if I had to, but generally I would rather not.
What IS it about things becoming long? I worry that I pad too much, but on the other hand I know I've seen writers who cut things down too much and don't write out the interesting parts. There was a story I read once that started--not exactly this, but not far off--"It had been a tumultuous year, full of stress and conflict. But now that it was over and Jason was their legal son at last, Clark and Bruce could sit down and cuddle." Cuddling commenced. :) And at a certain level--sure, whatever you want to write! But I feel like I'm missing out on the actual story...