Writing is perseverence.
Writing is Ideas + Skill + Luck.
Writing is striving, and learning, and craft.
Today, for me, writing was an act of creation. I love first drafts!
That first moment where all the pieces – the sketchy outline, the dramatic moment, the bit of dialogue rumbling around in your brain – come alive under your fingers. Little black squiggles become tension, action, and thoughts that create a scene, weave a story, and breathe life into a blank page.
It’s an act of creation that frankly is better than M&Ms and full strength Coke. Combined.
At times, I found myself ducking my head or sighing or propping my elbows up on the table, mimicking my characters to get just the right feel to the scene. I spoke out loud like a mad woman, just to hear the cadence of my protagonist’s dialogue. I closed my eyes to more perfectly picture the peak of the action sequence, feeling my heartbeat actually speed up as I slow-motioned through the scene in my mind.
There’s a reason writers say they are addicted to the craft.
Tomorrow (or next week) I’ll find all the flaws – the typo’s, the hideous grammar, the horrific run on sentences. But today, I revel in the act of bringing story to life.
Writerly friends: what do you do to breathe life into your writing?
It's funny you say this. On the 1st draft of my current novel, I sweated and groaned so much (knowing it sucked big chalky erasers) that I almost gave up writing altogether. If God had stepped in and kicked me in the pants, I'd have stopped trying to write (novels at least). I had a LOT of illicit fun with my next attempt at a novel/novellete, but it was not something I'm interested in publishing. This time, I'm dreading trying to find my next story! I'm not even to the writing part yet. Hopefully, once I find that story, I'll get excited again. Hopefully. ;D
BTW, LOVE the spork comment. I have to share that with my husband. It's why I'm commenting now. LOL. Found you from Market My Words. 🙂
You have to love your story. I think that's the one, true requirement for writing. (not love it all the time, mind you – there are times I want to strangle it, but that doesn't mean I don't love it to pieces)
And I should say I love drafting now – at first it was much more painful. It took me quite some time to decide it was okay to write BADLY (on the first draft), knowing I could come back and make it pretty.
I'd almost forgotton about the spork (on my profile)! Thanks for stopping by!