Tuesday, May 3, 2011

When is finding the right word just not worth it?

I've been making a point of doing some writing between studying to keep myself sane today. Specifically, on a group project around the interwebz. I got that creative burst for some reason- it seems to be petering off a little, but it made it both harder to concentrate, and more motivating to get my work done. Which is... an odd combination, but it seemed to work out okay. The problem is I got to writing and I kept finding that while I liked what I was saying I wasn't saying it quite... right.

Tabi will understand. The right words are important for a writer. One right word in the right place can have more impact and guide the idea or scene you're painting better than a whole sentence. Hell, it beats out a whole paragraph even in respects to thought flow and the like.

The problem was I could never get quite the right word. Quite the right sentence structure. It was... frustrating.

Not unusual to me, but frustrating.

At what point is it just not worth spending anymore time focusing on crafting your writing? Is it better to just have it done and assume you'll eventually make yourself come back than to throw more and more time at something with lesser output for it?

I think I do need to learn to move on without it a bit more.

Unrelatedly, Tabi bonked her head pretty good today it wounds like. I'm not sure how, but I feel terrible for my kitten and I'm now wracking my brain for no apparent reason over an injury that is clearly not threatening, just painful and unfortunate, trying to remember first aid rules from Boy Scouts.

ADD brain is a bit ADD.

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