Dec 24
On Writing
Ha ha look I stole a Stephen King book’s title. My wit is without peer.
As Inigo Montoya would say “Let me explain… No, there is too much. Let me sum up.”
You may have noticed that I haven’t been updating recently. There are several good and several not-as-good reasons for this. But I’m not here to make excuses. Well I sort of am, but I think you know what I mean.
First of all, I’d like to say that there will probably not be any more predictable updates until the new semester starts at Purdue.
Secondly, I’d like to give you a little insight into the why.
The chapters of Aldain that get posted on this site are about halfway between a first draft and a second. Before typing a chapter up, I write it out by hand in a notebook. This is typically done during particularly boring lectures, before class, between classes, while I eat, etc. The one thing that is common to almost all of my writing environments is ambient people. I don’t care for noise, and a small group of people usually will prevent me from writing, but give me a big group of strangers and I’m good to go. Quiet, noisy, somewhere in between–it doesn’t matter. I just need to have people around me–people that I, for the most part, don’t know–in order to write. It’s weird, but that’s the way it is.
When I’m on campus, I can achieve that very easily. When I’m not, or when it’s a time that I’m not on campus a lot, like finals week, I don’t get much writing done. And that, faithful readers, is why I need to be at Purdue to write any more of my serials.
That said, I do have a few exceptions. There may well be times when I have a piece of writing ramble out of my head. In the event of that happening, I’ll post it over at Words of the Drewcifer, my literary clusterfuck of a blog.
Cheers and Happy Holidays,
-The Drewcifer
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My I suggest you add “The Solomon Saga” as a separate listing in the Pages Unbound stories list?
I think it is good that you can analyze yourself enough to know what you need to write. Sucks that it is so specific though. Have you thought about writing in other crowd-attracting places like the mall or Wallmart? If a crowd were all I needed, I’d be parked at the foodcourt with a notebook and/or my laptop.
Paul: You may. Until I start actually updating it again, I’m unlikely to advertise for it in such a way. I don’t mind it being piggybacked onto the Aldain listing for the time being. Once I actually manage to go three weeks in a row without missing a Solomon update, I’ll post that listing.
Alderin: I have thought about that. I’ve had some limited success with writing in Borders and Barnes and Noble stores. I think I might actually plan an excursion for that tomorrow.
> You may. Until I start actually updating it again, I’m
> unlikely to advertise for it in such a way.
Well do remember that no separate link means no review. And, bluntly, I much prefer Solomon to Aldain.
I understand, I only seem to be able to think well when listening to the Police….. something about a bottle…….
I understand the ambient noise angle, I find I can’t study without people moving around or talking near me. I do most of my studying in the cafeteria or at Books-A-Million.