I’m back in a writing “peak” at the moment, after a long time in a trough.
At the weekend I got a new pad from WH Smiths and I have a new story arc I’m rolling out. My confidence is a bit better right now and I’m actually enjoying the writing process for a change.
I reckon that part of that come from the joy of just getting the story on paper and to hell with the mistakes. Starting a story on the computer means I tend to get swamped with formatting and word counts and endless revising even before I finished a few hundred words.
As you might imaging that means that the passion for telling the story gets lost in the madness.
Working on paper may not seem sufficiently advanced for some but it’s good way to get ideas down in a raw, unchecked form. Revisions should always come later, preferably when the work is finished!
This is something I still wrestle with. At least I’m getting the ideas down right now. I’ll leave worrying if it’s any good until its finished.
BigAl