musings on teachng oneself to write

[drunkoffthestars]

I have a googledocs document where I've been storing up all the little fragments I've been writing in the cultverse, and a notebook that I take in to work with me for when I don't feel like working. I printed out the googledocs thing the other day and it's almost exactly 3 pages long [headdesk] The thing about it is, it's completely incoherent. It's all my 'hey, it would be cool if this happened and then something else happens and i don't know what happens next. I'm alternately impressed by myself and horrified. That's a alot of worthless writing. And that doesn't even include most of the stuff in the notebook.

On the other hand, I'm getting a lot better at running scenes in my head. It used to be that I could get a picture or a few seconds, and then it would just stop. But now, I can reliably get things moving for a few minutes at a time. I'm still absolute SHIT at capturing it with words, but I suppose that's what the ubiquitous THEY are talking about when THEY say it takes practice. I also suck at dialog and whatnot, but whatevs. I feel like I will worry about writing crappy stories when I actually have a crappy story written.

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[drunkoffthestars]

Ha! I'm totally going to email you this completely ridiculous document!

I wouldn't really say it stresses me so much as... it's confusing? Or something. I think the it's finally settled into being about How Panic Gets Converted, with a little bit about How Brent Gets Kicked Out. Or, rather, that's what I seem to be focusiing on. So. Yes. maybe?