I think I write in quite an odd way, in that I always expect to rewrite everything. I'm a compulsive tweaker and I always keep multiple copies of everything in case I change my mind - I'm never, ever happy with a first, or even second or third or fourth, draft. I think my record is 24.
I have to listen to appropriate music really loud, or nothing at all when I write. I can't just listen to whatever iTunes or Last.FM spits out - it has to fit the mood, and I either have to listen to stuff I know all the words to so I don't hear them, or instrumental stuff - classical or electro.
I also find I'm really faddy with words - I'll go through months of liking a specific word and using that a lot and then move on. I find you can trace where they come from to a particular conversation, song, film or book I happened to encounter while I was writing. In some ways, it's like whatever I write is a little timecapsule of the moment in time when I wrote it.
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I think I write in quite an odd way, in that I always expect to rewrite everything. I'm a compulsive tweaker and I always keep multiple copies of everything in case I change my mind - I'm never, ever happy with a first, or even second or third or fourth, draft. I think my record is 24.
I have to listen to appropriate music really loud, or nothing at all when I write. I can't just listen to whatever iTunes or Last.FM spits out - it has to fit the mood, and I either have to listen to stuff I know all the words to so I don't hear them, or instrumental stuff - classical or electro.
I also find I'm really faddy with words - I'll go through months of liking a specific word and using that a lot and then move on. I find you can trace where they come from to a particular conversation, song, film or book I happened to encounter while I was writing. In some ways, it's like whatever I write is a little timecapsule of the moment in time when I wrote it.
I can't write in blue ink.
Now who's weird? ;)