Good day to you all. I hope this post finds you in a (somewhat) sane sense of mind. I know I’m not—I probably shouldn’t even be writing a blogpost. Piper put me up to it.
Now, I am 100% (okay, maybe 99.99999%) sure that you are absolutely baffled by my blog title. Yes, that was the intent. No, I have not lost my mind, er, yet. Then again, I did accidentally put the salt and pepper shakers in the sink with the dirty dishes… Oh right! The point. Many a time I find myself staring at my open word document, fingers poised on the home keys, yet I can’t think of a thing to write.
So, I have a new method of typing rough drafts. If you can’t think of anything and you find yourself completely stuck, just type random stuff—a method also known as steamwriting. There is a difference, however: you simply write things that somehow, someway pertain to your novel.
For example, during NaNoWriMo, on November 30th at around 9:00 P.M., I found myself typing up the story of a gigantic bird that came down out of the sky and picked up my main character. It brought him to a playground of clouds in the sky. But sometimes that’s what you have to do! You just have to get your fingers moving. Writing’s a lot like a snowball effect. Once you get going, it’s hard (well, certainly not hard, but not quite as easy) to stop.
It also helps with concentration and focus. Two essential keys of writing. It also helps creativity, determination, and an infinite list of other virtues, but as far as speedwriting goes? Concentration. And. Focus.
~Lia
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