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20 damned minutes? That's what it takes him to bang out "a couple of pages"? It's easy to be productive if you're frickin' Superman.
by Eliezer 18y ago
20 damned minutes? That's what it takes him to bang out "a couple of pages"? It's easy to be productive if you're frickin' Superman.
- mechanical_fish 18y agoEvery fiction writer has a different working style, but I've seen lots of them suggest that it's good to bang out prose at a fairly steady pace. Jim Macdonald: http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=82327&postcount=40 http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=82327&... When you're writing, don't slow down. Yes, you will do research ... you'll need to know exactly what kind of car your guy is driving, but during the outline/first draft stage isn't when I do it. I'll research a bunch before, and after during rewrite and revision. The rule in the middle is "don't slow down." In fiction you're trying to describe a time stream of events and conversations, and it's easier to feel the pace of your prose if you're typing it at a steady clip. Musicians get the same advice: Get in the habit of playing through your mistakes while staying with the beat, or you will develop a style that sounds choppy and hesitant and that calls attention to every mistake.