Writing without editing?
Yep, that can be a tough one sometimes. Just rememeber that your next step will be editing, so it's not like you'll never get the chance.
Some tricks...
*Imagine locking your internal editor in a closet. Whop her up side the head with a two by four and stuff her mouth with a thick gag. Whatever it takes to shut her up.
*turn your font color to white. It'll look like you're not doing anything, but you'll have words when you change the color back. Now, I've never tried this--and with my tendency to have my fingers on the wrong keys...well, not so sure how that would work. There are those who swear by this technique.
*rearrange your screen so you can only see a few lines of what your working on. (use the double-headed arrow thingie to increase the size of the task tray on the bottom of your screen (if you're in windows). I have an alpha smart word processor I use sometimes--it shows only four lines of type at a time. Makes it difficult to go back and 'fix'.
*If you get stuck on something--a word, something you need to research, anything like that--make some notation like ### or **** or (word) and go on. Something else to work on--LATER.
*Be strong! Set your mind to writing fast, knowing next week you can edit!
One of the toughest things for me is to not edit as I go, so I usually have to do some minor editing so I can move past.
ReplyDeleteIs this your pet goat pictured here? he's cute.
Coming from a broadcast journalism background where the "first draft" was what ended up on the air, turning off my internal editor is really difficult. Your idea about turning the font to white might do the trick for me. I'll have to try it! Thanks Lizzie!
ReplyDeleteIs the top photo one of John's? I loved it.
ReplyDeleteActually, Cheryl,
ReplyDeletethe top picture is one of mine! Taken outside the hotel when I visited Sedona.
I loved the contrast in the leaves.