Oh boy, oh man, oh girl, oh woman, what an idea I had today. What an idea to share with all of you here at One Typed Page. A much better idea than the stuff I wrote yesterday. Published today and as I read that I cringed. I said what? Oh gawd, I am sorry to those of you who understand. But today’s idea! What a gem! Wow!
If I had only written it down.
If only I had taken a moment, a brief pause in my routine, a tiny Slipper of time to write it down.
Which I did not do. And now, I do not have an idea,
Oh yeah, I can get the typewriter moved to the dining table like I do every night when I am ready to typewrite my brains out, I can do that like I have and I have this drivel pouring out of me.
But that idea, oh man what a gem it was and no longer is.
How do you think I have typed my fingers off each day to add another. 2,000 plus words to the collection that is now over half yes, over halfway to that pile pile
Is it a secret to not reread what you have written? I mean you definitely have to read it again. But not right now. If you have an outline and you know where you are going get on the typewriting road and get there, There is plenty of time to go back and rewrite it. Heck, it probably is necessary. Scratch probably from that sentence. Just keep going. Just like I am doing now and in the morning. I have turned off the spell checker for the same reason. I know I will misspell things. I do not need to interrupt my getting the thing down to fix something that can be fixed in the future.
The only thing I have learned from this daily writing is what do, to do, what to do when You have a choice, like which character to have come through the door # – write both scenarios. My story is fragmenting, but I need to have it do that so I know who is doing what and why. Heck, I even had a major character choose death, well accidentally, but there he was, dead. Getting out of that pickle will be quick a trick.
But glory god, is not fiction writing fantastic? While doing it I have the world(s) in my hands and I get to see what happens.
Now if I could just get the turkeys to stop staring at me.
—— MichaelRpdx :: rkmm