Apr 21, 2023·edited Apr 21, 2023Liked by Roni Loren
I was such a Guns 'n Roses fan back in the day! I miss the days of vinyl where you could just walk out of a record store with a new prized possession. I do like streaming and having all the world's music at my fingertips but there was just something about browsing in those record stores. Sigh, feeling nostalgic (and old).
There really is something about writing longhand that makes it all feel less daunting. Jennifer Lynn Barnes had a Twitter thread a while back about how she blocks out her scenes in a notebook, sketches out the dialogue and only when she's done with that, she writes the scene out on her laptop. Paraphrasing but I believe that was the gist of it. Definitely going to give that a try when I've found some mental space to write again.
I’ll have to look up that twitter thread. And I love me some GnR too. Streaming music definitely isn’t the same feel as shopping for it. Same with books. I like ebooks but nothing beats bookstore and library browsing.
I've been trying to learn to be patient too, but it's a tightrope walk. I'm discovering that I am very pressure driven, so deadlines work for me. But they have to be a deadline I promise to someone else because I can lie to myself all day long. When my characters story aren't working for me, I do keep moving ahead, but it's more a tiptoe than a sprint. I find I can usually write my way out of whatever is "wrong" if I just poke at it rather than charging in. Curious to see what you have in store!
Have you read Gretchen Rubin’s The Four Tendencies? She would say you fall under Obliger - you resist inner expectations so need outside expectations from others for motivation. That’s good to know about yourself because you can use it to your advantage. I fall under Rebel unfortunately so I push against both outer and inner expectations. I have to convince myself a goal is part of my identity in order to stick to it. That’s why I tend to gravitate to writing books that don’t fit neatly in their subgenre. Being different is motivating to me. 🙄
Oooh. I'll have to look into that one. I know in Strengths speak, I am #5 Responsibility, so when I promise someone I will do something, it's a done deal.
I was such a Guns 'n Roses fan back in the day! I miss the days of vinyl where you could just walk out of a record store with a new prized possession. I do like streaming and having all the world's music at my fingertips but there was just something about browsing in those record stores. Sigh, feeling nostalgic (and old).
There really is something about writing longhand that makes it all feel less daunting. Jennifer Lynn Barnes had a Twitter thread a while back about how she blocks out her scenes in a notebook, sketches out the dialogue and only when she's done with that, she writes the scene out on her laptop. Paraphrasing but I believe that was the gist of it. Definitely going to give that a try when I've found some mental space to write again.
I’ll have to look up that twitter thread. And I love me some GnR too. Streaming music definitely isn’t the same feel as shopping for it. Same with books. I like ebooks but nothing beats bookstore and library browsing.
Here's the link, I had it bookmarked on my computer: https://twitter.com/jenlynnbarnes/status/1572583146855759873
I've been trying to learn to be patient too, but it's a tightrope walk. I'm discovering that I am very pressure driven, so deadlines work for me. But they have to be a deadline I promise to someone else because I can lie to myself all day long. When my characters story aren't working for me, I do keep moving ahead, but it's more a tiptoe than a sprint. I find I can usually write my way out of whatever is "wrong" if I just poke at it rather than charging in. Curious to see what you have in store!
Have you read Gretchen Rubin’s The Four Tendencies? She would say you fall under Obliger - you resist inner expectations so need outside expectations from others for motivation. That’s good to know about yourself because you can use it to your advantage. I fall under Rebel unfortunately so I push against both outer and inner expectations. I have to convince myself a goal is part of my identity in order to stick to it. That’s why I tend to gravitate to writing books that don’t fit neatly in their subgenre. Being different is motivating to me. 🙄
Oooh. I'll have to look into that one. I know in Strengths speak, I am #5 Responsibility, so when I promise someone I will do something, it's a done deal.