tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17341858.post115549684572908000..comments2023-09-12T07:32:56.474-06:00Comments on A Bucket of Love: the creative power of *not* writingaggiebretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895747782121932958noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17341858.post-1155828122708230792006-08-17T09:22:00.000-06:002006-08-17T09:22:00.000-06:00I think you're spot on with this -- I wish more wr...I think you're spot on with this -- I wish more writers would "write off the page" than just write to get pages done... we'd see better screenplays.mernitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09185401856113179709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17341858.post-1155757097992090752006-08-16T13:38:00.000-06:002006-08-16T13:38:00.000-06:00"Overthinking" seems low on my list of issues to b..."Overthinking" seems low on my list of issues to be much concerned with.<BR/><BR/>The Wife and most of my friends would surely concur.<BR/><BR/>But thanks-- I shall endeavor to persevere.<BR/>.<BR/>.<BR/>.<BR/>Baggiebretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07895747782121932958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17341858.post-1155756552318410972006-08-16T13:29:00.000-06:002006-08-16T13:29:00.000-06:00"Instead, I'm slow-circling the project, thinking ..."Instead, I'm slow-circling the project, thinking about these scenes yet to be written. I'm listening to the dialog these characters want to say—need to say. I'm looking for all the subtext and theme and off-camera story that might be hinted at and referenced. Part of me wants to dive in and start clicking the keyboard, but another part of me says "relax... not yet..."."<BR/>I think you're definitely on target here, B, but I worry sometimes that overthinking can be just as deadly as underthinking. I think the key may just be in finding the right balance. <BR/>Scribe<BR/>ScribeScribe LAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084497477674652291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17341858.post-1155750297099514352006-08-16T11:44:00.000-06:002006-08-16T11:44:00.000-06:00I think there's a subconscious push to write SOMET...I think there's a subconscious push to write SOMETHING in order to have something tangible to point to as evidence that you are, in fact, "writing." It's hard to point to a mental image of your story and say "see? I've got most of the major points fairly well conceived!"<BR/><BR/>Plus, the moment that you put it into actual words on page form, your story becomes a little more set in stone, where if you can keep it in your head, it will remain a fluid flexible painlessly improved thing.<BR/>.<BR/>.<BR/>.<BR/>.Baggiebretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07895747782121932958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17341858.post-1155747036872497562006-08-16T10:50:00.000-06:002006-08-16T10:50:00.000-06:00I completely agree, and oddly enough my latest Blo...I completely agree, and oddly enough my latest Blog post deals with the same thing.<BR/><BR/>I'm struggling with finding a way to make the time I'm not typing, productive. It is so easy to slack off in that stage, because it is harder to quantify your progress.<BR/><BR/>I know people who JUST WRITE BABY, but ultimately, I think the work emerges better for the waiting.Thomas Crymeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05444697706815844019noreply@blogger.com