In which characters attack me

[katiefoolery]

Characters keep attacking me when I least expect it, which is probably the best time for it, from their point of view.  First, it was Jane from jane_of_letters.  There I was on Monday day, trying vainly to get some sleep, when Jane popped up and started nattering in my ear.  She wouldn't shut up, so there was nothing for it but to get up (at midnight), go into my study and take down some of what she was saying.

This resulted in my writing 1,855 words in under an hour.  I haven't done much writing in the depths of night before and now I'm inspired to do a little more.  That's quite an impressive outcome for an hour's worth of work.

Next, it was Ryn's turn to attack me.  Ryn is an 'alternate me' from the life_or_freedom community and she's become a little bossy of late.  She keeps popping up at inconvenient times and rattling off bits and pieces that she insists I write down.  She made another appearance today, while I was reading the latest instalment from flippyfrog and kept bothering me until I began writing down one of her confusing reminiscences.

I wonder who's next?  Perhaps Lenore will blather at me in a slightly inane manner about how I should be getting on with The City.  Or maybe Jeannie will tap me on the shoulder and point me in the direction of the second draft of Black Fiddle.  All I know is that they'll choose the most inconvenient time possible for this and won't leave me alone until I start doing something.

Well, I'm sorry to tell them that I'll be taking messages.  I have work to do on Postcards.  Carmen's final letter must be seen to and my new additions to the story need a thorough check, to make sure I've kept the relevant voices intact.  That should set me up for one final read-through of the story before I have to summon up my courage and send it off into the wide world.

Please excuse me while I go and whimper about this fact.

Comments

[rigel-7.livejournal.com]

No complaints from all of us LorFers!

But 2am writing - though slightly inconvenient for your sleeping pattern - is a most splendid time to write.

Ideas just seem to pour from your mind in a torrent, rushing down on to the page. Your mind ticks over with myriad possibilities and all the voices clamour within you, vying for attention; those chasms of plot holes and irksome flaws that drive you to despair in your waking hours vanish with the clarity of thought that comes with that one magical hour.

Oh to be caught in the whirlwind of creativity!

[flippyfrog.livejournal.com]

She can't say anything straight, can she? It always has to sound like it's pulled from a poetry book :P

All i can say is, there is simply one cure to all of your problems; Write.

If you don't beware this herring i'm likly to hit you over the head with.

And totally understand the past midnight writing. If i'm awake past 12 i know there will be no sleeping until at least 130, i think that's the time when my mind is empty enough to be bugged by characters. Demanding little buggers...

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

That's very true. If I do a bit more writing, perhaps I can satisfy these characters of mine. Perhaps.

*makes note of the herring*

[cat-eyes-el.livejournal.com]

2am writing for me ends with sentences that don't make it into the world of sentences...

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

That's experimental writing, good Cat. Who's to say what a sentence is these days?

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

I certainly was free from distraction, unless you count Pickle's insisting on going in and out of the room. Silly cat. I'm trying to re-assess the hours at which I do my writing now, but I'm not having much success. I keep either staying up too late, but not late enough, or sleeping in. Ah well. I'll sort it out eventually.