Snowflake Challenge - Day 11, 2019
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maidenjediDay 11 - Talk about your creative process(es) — anything from the initial inspiration to how you feel after something’s done. Do you struggle with motivation or is it a smooth process? Do you have any tricks up your sleeve to pull out when a fanwork isn’t cooperating? What is your level of planning to pantsing/winging it?
I'm not skipping the other days, I just saw this an immediately figured out something to say.
And *that* is actually a huge driver in my creative process. "Ooo, shiny!" is a bad way to operate, too, especially as a writer. I'm not good at committing to an idea and going the distance; this is true in my life in a lot of ways (hi, I'm an ENFP, we have t-shirts). It's why I have dropped WIPs despite apparent momentum, why I don't do a lot of work greater than 10k, etc. It is likely what is stopping me from writing the novel I talk about writing all the time.
So, with that annoying personality quirk aside, a lot of times I start with a title, or a specific scene, and build from that. When I sit down to write, music is absolutely essential - and I've found that this album is the very best to write to (or do anything that requires concentration, actually), though I'll go to various other genres depending on what I'm writing.
I don't write as much original work, fiction or non-fiction, as I would like. In other words, really none at all these days, outside of blogging here. My brother and I are talking about writing a book together, possibly on something related to the War of 1812, but if so it's not going to happen any time soon. What I'm writing, when I write, is fanfiction, and the inspiration for that is of course some kind of media. I do a lot of re-reading, re-watching, re-consuming of various things in order to get the feel for dialogue, character, pacing, etc.
I'm not a process-driven writer. I write what it is in my head, I tweak over time. I've tried writing outlines, doing rough drafts - I can do all this, certainly, but note what I said above about being an ENFP. Process makes me lose interest. I try very hard to fight this impulse sometimes, and other times, I just do what I do and call it good. I can't say this is a good thing, because I know I can do better if I apply myself, and boy doesn't THAT sound like something your high school English teachers said? Anyway, it is something I'm trying to conquer, because all the big stuff I want to write and accomplish will require me having a better process, and more willingness to write without an immediate end in mind. I wanted to do this topic today so I could write that down.
I'm not skipping the other days, I just saw this an immediately figured out something to say.
And *that* is actually a huge driver in my creative process. "Ooo, shiny!" is a bad way to operate, too, especially as a writer. I'm not good at committing to an idea and going the distance; this is true in my life in a lot of ways (hi, I'm an ENFP, we have t-shirts). It's why I have dropped WIPs despite apparent momentum, why I don't do a lot of work greater than 10k, etc. It is likely what is stopping me from writing the novel I talk about writing all the time.
So, with that annoying personality quirk aside, a lot of times I start with a title, or a specific scene, and build from that. When I sit down to write, music is absolutely essential - and I've found that this album is the very best to write to (or do anything that requires concentration, actually), though I'll go to various other genres depending on what I'm writing.
I don't write as much original work, fiction or non-fiction, as I would like. In other words, really none at all these days, outside of blogging here. My brother and I are talking about writing a book together, possibly on something related to the War of 1812, but if so it's not going to happen any time soon. What I'm writing, when I write, is fanfiction, and the inspiration for that is of course some kind of media. I do a lot of re-reading, re-watching, re-consuming of various things in order to get the feel for dialogue, character, pacing, etc.
I'm not a process-driven writer. I write what it is in my head, I tweak over time. I've tried writing outlines, doing rough drafts - I can do all this, certainly, but note what I said above about being an ENFP. Process makes me lose interest. I try very hard to fight this impulse sometimes, and other times, I just do what I do and call it good. I can't say this is a good thing, because I know I can do better if I apply myself, and boy doesn't THAT sound like something your high school English teachers said? Anyway, it is something I'm trying to conquer, because all the big stuff I want to write and accomplish will require me having a better process, and more willingness to write without an immediate end in mind. I wanted to do this topic today so I could write that down.
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Date: 2019-01-12 06:00 pm (UTC)In nearly two pages of entries, you are the first person I've encountered who has acknowledged that improving their creative process is a goal.
Do you really have t-shirts? I'm an INFJ, in case you couldn't tell. (That's a joke. I took the test and that's what it said. But I have no clue what it means.)