Building it.
May. 24th, 2011 10:24 pmThe current original project is at the stage of figuring out what it is I'm trying to do. I know the story, and I think I know how I'll tell it, but I'm still fuzzy on the details.
The current fandom project is at that stage, too. With both, I know what I'd like to do, and I know how to get to the end product - years of writing papers makes for excellent training in the skill of sitting down and putting words together - so it's a matter of planning, research, and learning what the stories need. It's a nice feeling, as these things go.
This is why I need a day job: something that'll let me come home and work on putting words together for a while. It's always surprising how good it makes me feel, even when it's only in the figuring-it-out part and not even the putting-words-together part. I'll always describe writing as 'stressful, cerebral, solitary work,' and that's so much of what I love about it.
The current fandom project is at that stage, too. With both, I know what I'd like to do, and I know how to get to the end product - years of writing papers makes for excellent training in the skill of sitting down and putting words together - so it's a matter of planning, research, and learning what the stories need. It's a nice feeling, as these things go.
This is why I need a day job: something that'll let me come home and work on putting words together for a while. It's always surprising how good it makes me feel, even when it's only in the figuring-it-out part and not even the putting-words-together part. I'll always describe writing as 'stressful, cerebral, solitary work,' and that's so much of what I love about it.
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