Tomorrow's Work
March 16, 2001
7:45 a.m.
I'm settling into the idea of the April Mini-Dare. I can feel it in my bones. New writers tend to talk a lot about how to write. Is there a right way: is there a wrong way. If you read any part of this site for very long, you know I'm terribly INTO the process. I do think there is a right way and a wrong way. But I don't think the "correctness" of a process is in the mechanics at all. I don't think it matters if you write 3 hours a day or eight or one or if you write for eight days straight then take a month off. None of these are correct in and of themselves. No. The "correct way" (Ron's opinion, again) has far less to do with what a writer actually does today than it does with how a writer feels about tomorrow's work, and this--of course--varies with everyone. I'm finding that I must write a lot in order to stay deep into my work ... otherwise my stuff comes out ugly, and I hate it, and I end up feeling like I wasted my time. When I'm writing a lot, I am deeper into my stories and things come out better, and I get excited about my material and holy beejeebees I'm just bursting to get to tomorrow's work. When I'm not writing much, I drag. I wait. I find reasons to not focus ... such as "I'm a terrible writer, and this will never sell anyway." And so I focus on other things. On that note ...   The new version of the site draws ever closer. Who knows, maybe I'll actually like this one. Yeah, right. ...So, what's right for you? Think about it a little. My approach may not work for you. Or, maybe a better way of putting it would be that perhaps you can stay deep in your stories without coming to the table every day for an extended period of time. I don't know. Are you excited about the idea of sitting down to write? If so, you're doing something right. If you're not, then don't be afraid to try something different.  And so ends another message from www.imokurok.dum Daily Persistence is © Ron Collins |
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