"so then what happens?" is what appeals to me as a reader! A story can be poetic as hell, but if I don't care about the characters and don't feel any interest in what happens next I'm not likely to finish it.
Writing straight on the computer: I started off thinking "I wish" - if I only wrote when I got home in the evening, I'd never get any done. A lot gets written in the local winebar while I'm waiting for ajhalluk and a) I don't have a laptop, b) it would not be usable in all the circumstances where I write. Then I realised how useful it is to write it longhand, because I always do a lot of revision when typing in. I've also discovered that I can't revise adequately on screen: I have to print it out and scribble all over the printout, otherwise I just tinker with it instead of making a real difference.
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Date: 2005-03-13 09:02 am (UTC)Writing straight on the computer: I started off thinking "I wish" - if I only wrote when I got home in the evening, I'd never get any done. A lot gets written in the local winebar while I'm waiting for