Comments - Taking Time Off From Actually Putting Hands on a keyboard - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T11:32:24Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=537324%3ABlogPost%3A234934&xn_auth=noAll the time. Very often I ha…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-05-14:537324:Comment:2349532010-05-14T04:44:13.340ZCamille LaGuirehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/CamilleLaGuire
All the time. Very often I have to get away from the keyboard to let things roll in my head a bit, before I can sit back down and get it right.<br />
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And, of course, many times when I mean to stop writing, I still have the thing rolling through my head. (I've said on my blog before "Don't write and drive.")<br />
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For those times when I actually need to get away (like when my brain is utterly exhausted) I have a couple of techniques. The first is simply extensive note taking. I step back from the keyboard…
All the time. Very often I have to get away from the keyboard to let things roll in my head a bit, before I can sit back down and get it right.<br />
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And, of course, many times when I mean to stop writing, I still have the thing rolling through my head. (I've said on my blog before "Don't write and drive.")<br />
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For those times when I actually need to get away (like when my brain is utterly exhausted) I have a couple of techniques. The first is simply extensive note taking. I step back from the keyboard and scribble down everything that occurs to me. (As productivity guru David Allen says - you have to write it down to get it out of your head.) Then I might try musing on another story, a different kind of story. Or I'll read or watch a movie - again, often one with a different tone. This stops my thought processes enough to let my head rest.<br />
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Of course, I usually don't want to do that, but now and then it's useful.