Finding My Style
Not my "style" in terms of voice, but style in terms of process. Does that make sense? I figured out months ago that I don't need to create a vacuum for myself. Setting a timer is fine, but if I do that, I set it long enough to include distractions. I am an interruptible writer. If someone comes to talk to me while I'm writing, maybe I need to hold up a finger and finish a sentence or paragraph, but the short - or even lengthy - distraction doesn't pull me totally out of my fiction. Need a refill on my beverage? Not a problem, even if I spend a few minutes absorbed in whatever's on the TV. When I get back to my writing, my groove is waiting for me. I think I'm blessed that way. I can write with noise, with activity, with the TV blasting in the next room. Well, so far, anyway. Perhaps not completely unrelated is the fact that music matters when I write. I have spotify on my laptop ( not my favorite music app, but they have long playlists and it wor