noticing what works

ive found i can't write the scenes linearly.  each scene belongs to a sorta aspect of my personality, and they each want time at the helm.  so, picking them out of order, whatever resonates most with the thing inside that gets all wound up or feels like sobbing or laughing… that seems to work.  after a couple of days, i just find myself back at the scene that got skipped, because in just a day or two, i change enough that now THIS part is resonating. 

another thing that helps me: blatantly ignoring personal perspective.  Lately I had been trying to stick with a first person-present perspective.  But it got tedious.  It lost its childness that i kinda liked.  Trying other perspectives was the same.  So I started just mixing it up right as I went.  Suddenly I became you and he became me.  The result was fun, wild and not really something you'd burden others with reading.

BUT.  It was easy to go through and edit back to a normal perspective, leaving the scene written and comprehensible.

just what i noticed these last couple days.

hugs,
davie

Re: noticing what works

Davie:

Whatever works is correct and militantly advised. Your inner editor must be on a hot streak, because just about everything I’ve read of yours has worked for me.

You know the rules more than well enough to discard them when necessary. Keep playing!

Burt

Re: noticing what works

whatever resonates most with the thing inside that gets all wound up or feels like sobbing or laughing… that seems to work.

after a couple of days, i just find myself back at the scene that got skipped,

Yes!

And I'm sure there are scenes that stay 'skipped' simply because they don't need to be written. It feels to me that you are 'on the path' - I've said this before - and it's not going to leave you. The only thing I'd be wary of is doing any editing at all – put what you write away and read it in a couple of weeks. At least.

The result was fun, wild and not really something you'd burden others with reading.\

I've also said this before: I would suggest that you are not the best judge of your writing - certainly not the work that you are doing at this moment.

At some point we do develop an 'eye' & ear for what is working - but the process you are in, from what I know about your writing, is precious and cannot be judged as burdensome or otherwise. It's raw material, it's you playing, it's you discovering what 'resonates' - it's you discovering how to tell if you have the “scent” of diving into the unknown. The more you go with this process and the less you think about what is or is not for others to read, the more you are saying YES to your writer/muse/unconscious/soul… and the more your writing will develop (and you as a person).

I'm sure you have a well developed editor. Even one which will be very useful down the line. Let him rest for now… ;-)

Love,
Sandra