Post by account_disabled on Jan 1, 2024 1:26:58 GMT -5
And which I don't have. Or at least I don't have all of them. Good habits are the basis of all success, but I don't mean success as fame or wealth, I mean it as the simple achievement of a goal : and in our case, of us who write fiction, that goal is to write and publish a book . Write it down, first. The writer's first problem is to write that damned novel. Cursed because it sucks up your energy like a black hole from which nothing can escape, cursed because there are always new gaps that you find as you study your story, cursed because it seems like you never get to the end. Yet it would be enough to put in more effort, indeed it would be enough to form good habits, become a disciplined schoolchild and do your homework every day: the results will come and the novel will reach the end.
Strange but true. 1 – Set deadlines I remember a work problem I had many years ago, when I created cartoons and illustrations for various clients: many of them didn't give me a delivery deadline, they told me "when you've finished, send me the drawing" or "how long will it take you to does it take to finish it?”. Could all this freedom be a problem? For me it was, because without a delivery deadline I never started drawing, I took it easy, too easy. It's certainly my fault that I don't know how to organize Special Data myself when I don't have deadlines, maybe it's a psychological fact that leads you to never start a job that you can finish whenever you want. But a problem remains for me, and perhaps it is the biggest problem I have in writing: that of not being able to carry out a project that does not have predefined deadlines. Everyone has their limits and these are mine. How to set deadlines? I have no idea and if you have any, talk about it in the comments, it would be useful to me.
However, I am convinced that setting deadlines is fundamental in creative writing . Establish a date by which to "deliver" the plot, for example, another to finish the character sheets, yet another to define the structure of the novel and so on. 2 – Isolate yourself For me, writing is the most solitary and antisocial activity that exists. But so is drawing: I can't draw if someone is watching me. When some friend or acquaintance asks me to draw something for them on the spot, it bothers me, because I don't know how to draw if someone is looking at me. And I don't please him, I can't please him, since I'm unable to do so. Writing for me means being able to be completely alone, in total silence. I can't write while listening to music and I don't know how many people do it. I've already talked about this other problem: I tried it a while ago and I ended up tapping my foot in rhythm with the song instead of writing. But I can draw with music. I can't always isolate myself. And if one day I have a family of my own, with a set of brats demanding my attention, isolating myself will be even more difficult.
Strange but true. 1 – Set deadlines I remember a work problem I had many years ago, when I created cartoons and illustrations for various clients: many of them didn't give me a delivery deadline, they told me "when you've finished, send me the drawing" or "how long will it take you to does it take to finish it?”. Could all this freedom be a problem? For me it was, because without a delivery deadline I never started drawing, I took it easy, too easy. It's certainly my fault that I don't know how to organize Special Data myself when I don't have deadlines, maybe it's a psychological fact that leads you to never start a job that you can finish whenever you want. But a problem remains for me, and perhaps it is the biggest problem I have in writing: that of not being able to carry out a project that does not have predefined deadlines. Everyone has their limits and these are mine. How to set deadlines? I have no idea and if you have any, talk about it in the comments, it would be useful to me.
However, I am convinced that setting deadlines is fundamental in creative writing . Establish a date by which to "deliver" the plot, for example, another to finish the character sheets, yet another to define the structure of the novel and so on. 2 – Isolate yourself For me, writing is the most solitary and antisocial activity that exists. But so is drawing: I can't draw if someone is watching me. When some friend or acquaintance asks me to draw something for them on the spot, it bothers me, because I don't know how to draw if someone is looking at me. And I don't please him, I can't please him, since I'm unable to do so. Writing for me means being able to be completely alone, in total silence. I can't write while listening to music and I don't know how many people do it. I've already talked about this other problem: I tried it a while ago and I ended up tapping my foot in rhythm with the song instead of writing. But I can draw with music. I can't always isolate myself. And if one day I have a family of my own, with a set of brats demanding my attention, isolating myself will be even more difficult.