Things all we delinquent writers should pen one hundred times, if only that didn't keep us from actual writing:
Only writing is writing.
Reading about writing is not writing.
Rereading something you've already written is not writing.
Rewriting is writing, but the obsessive polish and re-polish and re-re-polish of the same eight pages for the last year and half is not.
Outlining is writing.
Taking a walk to think about writing is not writing if it ends in a latte and two pairs of new shoes.
Blogging about writing is not writing.
Blogging about bad haircuts is certainly not writ--
Ahem. Gotta go.
You too!
3 comments:
Blogging isn't writing?
I thought this post:
http://scriptsales.com/boards/showthread.php?t=15985
--was a nice reminder that it's not always necessary to beat yourself up about the writing or keeping to schedule.
FJ, yes and no, for me. I blog as a warm-up to or break from actual work. It's also useful to crystallize certain ideas I'm working through.
This latter point is not true when I'm complaining about haircuts or how socially inept I am at Xmas parties, however. :)
It's definitely writing the way you and other bloggers do it, by focusing on the craft. Fresh Hell is a little loose in that respect.
Thanks for the link, Steve -- an interesting post with good points.
As always, different approaches work for different people. I absolutely believe the value of letting your muse/Shadow/creativity just percolate, but also know I'm too prone to cleaning the house instead of tackling my Act Two problems. At the end of the day, a writer is someone who writes.
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