When I write a
story, I also write down my thoughts about writing the story. Sometimes it helps me to sort out what my
mind is doing and to give me clues about what I need to do next. I pulled this piece from my archives as an
example of writing about my thoughts while writing.
To birth the story;
I think that I have to get out of my own way on this
one. It wants to be told, in the worst
way and all my planning and fussing has been there only to frustrate me. I will not make a plan, I will tell the
story. I believe that this is right and
it does follow the writer’s workshop textbook that I have read.
I wonder if I haven’t been just over-thinking the
process of writing as I have my files and resources and all the rest that seem
to be prep work for writing but in a lot of ways is not.
Thought writing
can get me writing again but it can also become a diversion and in some cases
can stop my writing. I find that what I
read; influences what I write. So after
I have stumbled or stalled in a story, and I have written about my
frustrations, I turn to reading fiction.
My mind usually becomes clear and focused again on the story writing
process and I move forward.
