Comments on: CHOP WOOD, CARRY WATER

By: raine

raine — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:56:08 +0000

Daisy, there oughtta be a law… :razz:

By: Daisy Dexter Dobbs

Daisy Dexter Dobbs — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:05:03 +0000

Oh boy, this is waaaaay too familiar for comfort! LOL

By: raine

raine — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:26:27 +0000

Well, Ames, that’s understandable—like you’ve been MIA for a while!

By: raine

raine — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:21:41 +0000

Jaq, great advice. I do keep telling myself to pick up a couple of small writing pads, or even a tiny recorder (though I hate the way my voice sounds, lol). Good idea!

…When youâ€™re finished your housework…

(cough, cough…)
Wow, Jaq, I didn’t know you spoke a foreign language. These words are quite alien to me… :shock:

By: raine

raine — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:14:23 +0000

Exactly, Bernita!
Artists shouldn’t have to worry about such mundane things.

By: Cece

Cece — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 15:12:04 +0000

I never thought I’d say this but I can’t wait to clean my house! I spent some time in the kitchen this morning. It’s not much of a dent but it’ll just have to wait until I finish reading.

By: jaq

jaq — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 14:56:52 +0000

yup. Happens all the time.

This is what you do: keep a small pad of paper and pen on or near you, as you clean, keep thinking/visualizing your story. Stop frequently to dash down bits and pieces of it–dialogue, description, outline scenes, GMC, what every. Just keep working and jotting.

When you’re finished your housework, open up the pc and transfer your notes to the pc. Now start playing around with them, flesh them out, try and put them in some sort of sequence, before you know it, you’ll have pages of stuff down. :-)

On an aside, yesterday I had a really good run at roughing out a synopsis/outline. Spent hours on it and didn’t go to bed till 2am. I *know* one of the main reasons I was able to be so focus is because i did major spring cleaning over the Christmas holidays. The apartment is the cleanest it’s been in years :shock: (meaning I cleaned out closets/shelves/drawers that I haven’t touched/unpacked since I moved in. lol.) But as a result, I wasn’t the least bit distracted by any housecleaning needs.

By: Bernita

Bernita — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 14:46:02 +0000

Geesus, this is so familiar.
There is always some guilt-nag running interference.

By: raine

raine — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 06:29:09 +0000

Sela, you put it better than I did. :yesyesyes:

By: raine

raine — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 06:28:18 +0000

Ames, seemed like WHATEVER I did, I felt like I should be doing something else.