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Inside A Writer’s Messy Mind

I thought you might like to see a glimpse of my writing process.


I wrote my next manuscript, due in December, in non – chronological order.  In other words, I wrote any scene whenever I damn well felt like it, no matter if I was writing the last scene of the book in the middle and the first scene at the end.


I also wrote people’s relationship scenes one right after the other. So, all of the scenes that my main character, Charlotte, has with her Scottsman, well, they were written straight down for twenty or thirty or more pages.


Because of this ridiculousness, I had to print the manuscript out, then cut it apart with scissors, label every scene, highlight the labels, staple the scenes together and put them in order in a messy pile. I then had to cut and paste the document on my computer so it would be a story instead of a literary catastrophe.


What’s that? You hear me screaming? Really?  Does it sound like this, ARGGGHHHH!!!



 


 

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Published on July 25, 2014 01:44
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Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break) I am glad i am not the only one with a messy non-chronological mind........It will all be worth it and am looking forward to reading it Cathy.


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Cathy Lamb Sandra,
Thank you. I hope it will all be worth it! It's a literary puzzle and it is confusing my tiny mind and befuddling my writing process. But I'll get there! I have until December...Santa can bring me a finished manuscript!


Sandysbookaday (taking a midwinter break) I like puzzles.
You will win Cathy.


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