Love this. I often find delay is decay... up to a certain point. I write as much as I can as soon as I have an idea, but eventually I arrive at a point where I don’t know what comes next, or where there’s a hole in the story. Then I have to step back and chew on it, think about what comes next. I’ve been chewing on one particular hole in a story for almost a year now, but I think about it everyday. I have the timeline for the novel in my office, and a picture on my fridge that represents the story. It keeps it fresh in my mind!
Great article. When an idea comes to me when I'm trying to sleep I always tell myself that I'll hold onto it, that I'll remember it in the morning, but it has always either gone or it has lost its vibrancy, so this idea that ideas have a short half life resonates with me.
All day yesterday I had two "seeds" floating around my head but no means to capture them. When I did finally get back to my notebook, one was caught, the other just drifted away on the wind. If I didn't know more ideas were around the corner I'd probably find this a bit depressing
Love this. I often find delay is decay... up to a certain point. I write as much as I can as soon as I have an idea, but eventually I arrive at a point where I don’t know what comes next, or where there’s a hole in the story. Then I have to step back and chew on it, think about what comes next. I’ve been chewing on one particular hole in a story for almost a year now, but I think about it everyday. I have the timeline for the novel in my office, and a picture on my fridge that represents the story. It keeps it fresh in my mind!
Great article. When an idea comes to me when I'm trying to sleep I always tell myself that I'll hold onto it, that I'll remember it in the morning, but it has always either gone or it has lost its vibrancy, so this idea that ideas have a short half life resonates with me.
All day yesterday I had two "seeds" floating around my head but no means to capture them. When I did finally get back to my notebook, one was caught, the other just drifted away on the wind. If I didn't know more ideas were around the corner I'd probably find this a bit depressing