tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1270849279311193293.post2658101210427294158..comments2023-09-01T14:06:32.195-07:00Comments on Random musings of a Summer Dreamer: Personal rant: writing slow.Tet64http://www.blogger.com/profile/13841031113473936247noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1270849279311193293.post-10814147439128866092012-03-21T12:49:52.323-07:002012-03-21T12:49:52.323-07:00Thanks for the advice Daniel. I take it ^_^.Thanks for the advice Daniel. I take it ^_^.Tet64https://www.blogger.com/profile/13841031113473936247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1270849279311193293.post-1953331814987335512012-03-20T07:43:35.139-07:002012-03-20T07:43:35.139-07:00The internal editor is responsible for more than o...The internal editor is responsible for more than one author's problems with writer's block.<br /><br />One of the things that helps me is to write in an environment that does not constantly give you feedback about what you are doing wrong. Red and green squigglies only take you out of "the writing zone" and interfere with your creative process. No matter how much editing you try to do as you go, it is never going to be enough. Writing and editing are very different mindsets, and switching back and forth is bad for productivity, as you've learned. (I'm not saying it's easy to turn off your internal editor--I have to fight the same problem all the time.)<br /><br />If you have to, write each scene in a simple and dumb text editor like Notepad or WordPad. Alternatively, you can turn off all the distracting features in Word. <br /><br />Either way, the most important thing is to get your words out. You are probably going to have to edit your writing in multiple passes later anyway. But if you have no story, you have nothing to edit!Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159361726781299314noreply@blogger.com