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foxmulderautism · 1 year ago

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wrote out a whole thing about imagining as part of my writing process and how much of my first drafting is actually done internally but it sounded kind of obnoxious accidentally like “ummm guys well everything in my head is so vivid 👍” which i don’t think me experiencing writing in my head vividly is special it’s just what my brain does 👍 but anyway how much of a first draft is a first draft when i will write a passage in word but that passage has lived in my head for weeks sometimes months mostly written out because i will write out scenes in my head and just let them marinate up there and somehow I don’t forget it

#the memory thing actually scares me sometimes bc I was able to recall #10 month old RR structuring that I never wrote down #but anyways #I would say internal first drafting is mostly processing what I see in my head #though usually there will be one or two banger lines to centre the idea of the passage around #I have this with a beau and bobby paragraph i know exactly what the last line is and a general vibe for the rest #bc I know I needs to work with and build up to the last line #and when I actually write it fr that’s when i focus more on language structure rhythm etc #so if I’m struggling with those then the first draft session isn’t fun bc like I already did the imagining and discovery #and that’s why editing session by session on average is usually more enjoyable #but don’t underestimate the power of a beautiful first draft session….whether I’m working with nothing or an idea that has sat in my head #for weeks

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