In no fit state to write.

[NuclearFairy]

I wanna write, and my mind is buzzing with ideas that seem like good ideas right now. But I keep tripping over my words and trying to type two words at once, and I'm pretty sure my brain is wrong. And if I actually give into the urge to try and write it'll just be an incoherent mess and I'll look at it tomorrow and go, "WTF was I thinking, I shoulda just gone to bed." So I'm just gonna go to bed.

But I also want to hear about times when you wrote when it was a bad idea, or when you wanted to write when it was a bad idea and successfully talked yourself out of it.

Also, auto correct is working overtime tonight, sorry if it or I miss anything.

 

[Rob_Royale]

I've always loved my hobbies. I'd rather do something artistic and creative than just about anything else.

Except when I'm tired or not feeling well. Then it becomes work.

 

[SkyBubble]

I wanna write, and my mind is buzzing with ideas that seem like good ideas right now. But I keep tripping over my words and trying to type two words at once, and I'm pretty sure my brain is wrong. And if I actually give into the urge to try and write it'll just be an incoherent mess and I'll look at it tomorrow and go, "WTF was I thinking, I shoulda just gone to bed." So I'm just gonna go to bed.

But I also want to hear about times when you wrote when it was a bad idea, or when you wanted to write when it was a bad idea and successfully talked yourself out of it.

Also, auto correct is working overtime tonight, sorry if it or I miss anything.

If you're not in a state to write, don't write. If you're afraid of losing those ideas, then just jot down enough about each to remind you to write it when you're in a better place to write.

 

[Cagivagurl]

I wanna write, and my mind is buzzing with ideas that seem like good ideas right now. But I keep tripping over my words and trying to type two words at once, and I'm pretty sure my brain is wrong. And if I actually give into the urge to try and write it'll just be an incoherent mess and I'll look at it tomorrow and go, "WTF was I thinking, I shoulda just gone to bed." So I'm just gonna go to bed.

But I also want to hear about times when you wrote when it was a bad idea, or when you wanted to write when it was a bad idea and successfully talked yourself out of it.

Also, auto correct is working overtime tonight, sorry if it or I miss anything.

The good news is you feel like writing...
My suggestion is just let the mood take you where it takes you.
If you read it later, and don't like it...
Who cares??? So long as you enjoyed it...
Just do it...

Cagivagurl

 

[iwatchus]

I wanna write, and my mind is buzzing with ideas that seem like good ideas right now. But I keep tripping over my words and trying to type two words at once, and I'm pretty sure my brain is wrong. And if I actually give into the urge to try and write it'll just be an incoherent mess and I'll look at it tomorrow and go, "WTF was I thinking, I shoulda just gone to bed." So I'm just gonna go to bed.

It is not uncommon that I am typing two words at a time and end up with new and interesting portmanteaus, at least briefly before autocorrect turns it into some meaningless nonsense. But I also like to back up and re-read the last paragraph or two regularly, which makes a good time to make the quick typing edit pass over those two paragraphs.

Have you tried dictating rather than typing? Do you have enough separation to be able to do that? Although I have thought about it, but I have never tried. And won;t for the near term. My son and his partner living with us makes me uncomfortable with it, although they both know what I write now and partner did a limited beta read for me. I still don't give her anything particularly juicy. But more importantly, I would want to pace while I dictated -- it would be one of the reasons for me to do it -- and my knee will not let me do that right now. Maybe after surgery.

Anyway, school starts soon and that should make life easier for you. Hang in there and take care of yourself.

 

[NuclearFairy]

The good news is you feel like writing...
My suggestion is just let the mood take you where it takes you.
If you read it later, and don't like it...
Who cares??? So long as you enjoyed it...
Just do it...

Cagivagurl

I'm glad I went to bed, in hindsight those ideas were very silly and wouldn't've been worth being a zombie today.

It is not uncommon that I am typing two words at a time and end up with new and interesting portmanteaus, at least briefly before autocorrect turns it into some meaningless nonsense. But I also like to back up and re-read the last paragraph or two regularly, which makes a good time to make the quick typing edit pass over those two paragraphs.

Have you tried dictating rather than typing? Do you have enough separation to be able to do that? Although I have thought about it, but I have never tried. And won;t for the near term. My son and his partner living with us makes me uncomfortable with it, although they both know what I write now and partner did a limited beta read for me. I still don't give her anything particularly juicy. But more importantly, I would want to pace while I dictated -- it would be one of the reasons for me to do it -- and my knee will not let me do that right now. Maybe after surgery.

Anyway, school starts soon and that should make life easier for you. Hang in there and take care of yourself.

My ideas tend to flow much better if I'm typing, even when my hands are trying to trip over each other and make new interesting words. There's also the TMJ that dictating might trigger.

Thanks! You too.

 

[crookedletter]

I've never tried to talk myself out of writing, and I've never regretted writing. I feel good about having written even if I don't feel good about what I've written. You can always throw it out. And you never know when the incoherent mess you're writing will hit a stride and suddenly start to morph into something interesting.

On the other hand, they say sleep is good for you too.