Congruences

[larryhammer]

I do not choose titles beforehand -- I struggle with them after. OTOH, I do need the right beginning, though it may change radically later. I've trained myself into a sedentary type of writer: I write during lunch, and cannot physically wander -- instead, I play spider solitaire. Through the first draft, I chuckle at the cleverness of me, reserving the dreadful, dreadful, DREADFUL stage to revisions, as well as diagramming the plot. I do meet my characters (I have desktop wallpaper of the love interest of da MIP, and I've seen my next protagonist at a coffee shop); I get more distracted than usual near the end of the tale; and the postpartum thing? -- oh yeah. Revisions are much harder than the glorious rush of first draft (he muttered), though not loathsome. Submissions are more fuss than strictly compatible with professionalism. Proofs, though, are no big deal -- I used to freelance as a proofreader.

I should create a "How like Mr. Earbrass are you?" quiz. I'm probably about 80%.

---L.

Comments

[pnh.livejournal.com]

The Unstrung Harp is the greatest work ever published about the actual experience of being a writer.

"Bloaters? Angus?"

[larryhammer]

It should be required reading in creative writing classes and workshops.

And it was his first book.

---L.

[sfmarty.livejournal.com]

(waving at Patrick)

Yes, TUH is a must read...for everyone.