Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Mon, Jul 19 2010
Vulnerable writing
Whenever I don't get to write a blog post until late in the evening, I hesitate to write one at all. Every writer has their optimum part of the day. Evening isn't mine. But I've learned that writing at other than optimum times can be an advantage when writing certain kinds of fictional scenes. If your protagonist is going through conflict that is making him (or her) vulnerable, writing while feeling vulnerable yourself, because of fatigue or other issues, might actually allow you to communicate that sense of vulnerability in a more moving way. You can always go back and revise later. For the moment, tapping into your own fatigue or uncertainty is what's important.
posted at: 22:48 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
Whenever I don't get to write a blog post until late in the evening, I hesitate to write one at all. Every writer has their optimum part of the day. Evening isn't mine. But I've learned that writing at other than optimum times can be an advantage when writing certain kinds of fictional scenes. If your protagonist is going through conflict that is making him (or her) vulnerable, writing while feeling vulnerable yourself, because of fatigue or other issues, might actually allow you to communicate that sense of vulnerability in a more moving way. You can always go back and revise later. For the moment, tapping into your own fatigue or uncertainty is what's important.
posted at: 22:48 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
