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just catching up here
posted by
Joe_Love
on November 13, 2005 at 8:26 PM
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Pretty quickly, MayB. Thoughts, ideas, leave me fast and once they are gone, I can't seem to get them back.
posted by
TAPS.
on November 10, 2005 at 1:27 PM
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I always like to write my ideas down....as I always forget otherwise..
posted by
_Symphony_
on November 9, 2005 at 7:11 AM
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Does that apply mto cricket?
(Oh, ESPECIALLY cricket!).
posted by
majroj
on November 8, 2005 at 7:56 PM
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Mayb, adrenaline is a good drug of choice.
posted by
Blanche.
on November 8, 2005 at 5:46 PM
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i write the good parts of my idea down
and i can usually remember the rest for later.
posted by
mikebrown
on November 8, 2005 at 5:37 PM
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Masky, if only you could see my desk? Actually it's better you don't
posted by
Azur
on November 8, 2005 at 2:07 PM
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BlancheDubois, I think it's the adrenalin. I've decided to write my next two pieces the same way
posted by
Azur
on November 8, 2005 at 2:04 PM
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Mayb,
Wow, good save. That must have got your blood going. That can work one of two ways for me, too: either I kick it into gear and write the whole thing in one sitting or freeze. I definitely need to get a thought out there, I have too many notebooks lying around, I seem to keep half a dozen journals going at once.
posted by
Blanche.
on November 8, 2005 at 1:06 PM
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Nick--Fleming, sometimes it can take that long to see it
posted by
Azur
on November 8, 2005 at 12:48 PM
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Hi May B..
How are you doing today?...i had the pleasure to review Eminem's song, as you know...I like it when he goes deep, the only thing that bothers me is that he seems to be unhappy, really unhappy...hopefully a break will solve his problem...
posted by
Marshallengraved
on November 8, 2005 at 12:47 PM
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I'd say it depends on how fresh it can stay in your mind. I've known it to happen that this can take up to twenty years... Success with your writing, though!
posted by
Nickie-Fleming
on November 8, 2005 at 12:42 PM
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immediately....strike while the iron is hot as they say.
posted by
Original_Influence
on November 8, 2005 at 12:29 PM
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ASAP,
I like when I'm writing and the words are flowing so that it's almost like going at a steady canter.....and no, I can't remember ever being on a horse. 
posted by
word.smith
on November 8, 2005 at 11:37 AM
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I don't know... sometimes I get so hungry that I just want to go eat Chinese food and I can't write a sentence if I tripped over it.
posted by
cmoe
on November 8, 2005 at 10:39 AM
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I found very insightful your article. and I will also want to seize this occasion to express my deep and sincere appreciation for welcoming me back in to the fold.
posted by
Flame-thrower
on November 8, 2005 at 8:19 AM
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MayB...get it done before it slips away. That's what I say.
Do you ever find yourself carrying scraps of paper with you so that you can write down a thought before you forget it? I've got notebooks and scraps of paper all over the place. Now, if I could just find the time and discipline it takes to turn those rampant thoughts into something of value! Good luck!
posted by
Masky
on November 8, 2005 at 6:54 AM
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JohnMcNab, thank you. Good to see you
posted by
Azur
on November 8, 2005 at 6:01 AM
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Jojostar, even I was quite impressed with this one which is a dangerous way to feel.
posted by
Azur
on November 8, 2005 at 6:00 AM
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Dave Cryer, thanks. I always try in one sitting to write to the point where it's all down but just needs a very good tweaking - it might not works so well for 4000 words
posted by
Azur
on November 8, 2005 at 6:00 AM
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MayB
I love your last sentence, MayB. The answer is - immediately.
posted by
johnmacnab
on November 8, 2005 at 5:55 AM
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Get it done not necessarily quickly, but without delay or undue pause, get it finished. Then, when it's finished, if you've got time left, leave it and go back to it later. Tis true that work will expand to fill the time available, so make less time available in the first place if you can. Stephen King's On Writing, amongst others, propounds the method of writing it to its end before any taking of breath. I think it's a good one.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on November 8, 2005 at 5:43 AM
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MayB
I'm Impressed. You got your story together quickly!! If have an idea in mind I have to get it on paper or computer immediately or it will definitely lose it's luster.
posted by
jojostar
on November 8, 2005 at 5:05 AM
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