Just today I was looking through some of the drafts I wrote in November for "MicroWriMo." I go back to such drafts when I need inspiration and/or don't feel like starting a draft from scratch. There's almost always something I can use. And I'm often stunned at what I came up with (especially when the drafts have been written very quickly and then set aside for months) lol. Really, I wrote that?! :D
I get sad when my folder of cannibalizable (not a word?) stories gets low or is just full of dull rocks for just that reason! But then I usually find another folder full of dirt to search through.
I write my poems and teeny tiny stories in one shot. I rewrite while I write. Then I go back, an hour later or maybe the next day, and edit. If I do more than that I start to overthink it. If I try to work with past snippets it never works for me. I've tried to make myself be different but I can't so this must be my process. I always think what if I want to write a novel? Or a screenplay? I will need a different process!
Just today I was looking through some of the drafts I wrote in November for "MicroWriMo." I go back to such drafts when I need inspiration and/or don't feel like starting a draft from scratch. There's almost always something I can use. And I'm often stunned at what I came up with (especially when the drafts have been written very quickly and then set aside for months) lol. Really, I wrote that?! :D
I cannibalize my failed stories on a regular basis. What's bad for one story can be good to creating another.
I get sad when my folder of cannibalizable (not a word?) stories gets low or is just full of dull rocks for just that reason! But then I usually find another folder full of dirt to search through.
I write my poems and teeny tiny stories in one shot. I rewrite while I write. Then I go back, an hour later or maybe the next day, and edit. If I do more than that I start to overthink it. If I try to work with past snippets it never works for me. I've tried to make myself be different but I can't so this must be my process. I always think what if I want to write a novel? Or a screenplay? I will need a different process!