My new favorite YouTuber @KelsNotChels posted a video last week starting a #WriterLife tag. Well, I am not a YouTuber (a lot of effort and ego that I do not possess) but I loved all of the questions! As a blogger, I figured why not just answer them here?
1. Write Fuel: What do you eat/drink while writing?
- Relatively recently I started drinking coffee in the morning and found that caffeine (like alcohol) is a double-edged sword for my writing. The right amount and I can produce words like Michael Crichton. Too much and I am so useless I might as well be a monkey with a typewriter. Usually I just drink a lot of tea when I'm writing. Black tea, white tea, herbal tea, I have it all. And I find snacking next to impossible - which might be a good thing.
2. Write Sounds: What do you listen to while writing?
2. Write Sounds: What do you listen to while writing?
- If I want to get in the Zone I turn on Coffitivity and an 8tracks playlist or a Pandora station specifically crafted for writing ambiance. And then I put my super awesome Bose headphones on and it's like my muse is whispering in my ears.
3. Write Vice: What's your most debilitating distraction?
3. Write Vice: What's your most debilitating distraction?
- Tumblr, no contest. Sometimes I go there to put up a short gif reaction post about my WIP and TWO HOURS LATER emerge with a queue that's three days long.
4. Write Horror: What's the worst thing that's ever happened to you while writing?
4. Write Horror: What's the worst thing that's ever happened to you while writing?
- Suddenly realizing that the pain in my left wrist has caught fire and I've ignited my tendinitis again.
5. Write Joy: What's the best thing that's ever happened while writing or how do you celebrate small victories?
5. Write Joy: What's the best thing that's ever happened while writing or how do you celebrate small victories?
- Best thing is something I can't actually talk about because of the Spoilers. I celebrate small victories by waltzing around the kitchen with my cat. No lie. My boy can confirm.
6. Write Crew: Who do you communicate with or not communicate with while writing?
6. Write Crew: Who do you communicate with or not communicate with while writing?
- I put the headphones on so the boy doesn't distract me. But sometimes I talk to my TTT buddies or the fine folk on Twitter for inspiration and/or working out plot problems.
7. Write Secret: What's your writing secret to success or hidden flaw?
- Secret to success: trust the process and don't stop just because it gets hard. (That's not really a secret, but it is a truth that's difficult to accept sometimes.) Oh wait! My real writing secret is that when you don't know what to write, write a dream. Or a flashback. Even if you don't end up keeping it, it always seems easier to churn these out than the narrative storyline. And it can produce useful ideas!
8. Write-spiration: What always makes you productive?
8. Write-spiration: What always makes you productive?
- Music and tea! I am also highly inspired after reading a good book or watching a good movie. And reading about other writers.
9. Write Peeve: What's one thing writers do (or you do) that's annoying?
9. Write Peeve: What's one thing writers do (or you do) that's annoying?
- Overly descriptive passages that don't serve the story. My biggest pet peeve about myself is my inability to finish something before moving on to the next project. But I'm working on it!
10. Write Words- Share one sentence from a project. Past or present.
10. Write Words- Share one sentence from a project. Past or present.
- From Grave of the Goddess:
He felt
like an hourglass running out of sand.
(And here's the video. I love writers talking about writing!)
Thanks for playing along with me and Kelsey! My favorite answer was the line from your own work - loved it!! :)
ReplyDeleteIt was too fun not to play along. :) And thank you for the compliment!
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