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kateelliott's fault... Damn her talented soul!
In a blog post on writing process, she mentioned that she will sometimes deliberately write a scene 'wrong' with the knowledge that she can go back and fix it later -- this with the intention of continuing the forward momentum of the novel. I responded, mentioning that that was something I'll do now myself, though in the past I didn't. I blamed it on Scrivener, the program I use for writing novels. She asked that I elucidate on that.
So I will.
( Cut here because it's long and nattering about word processors and the like may not be interesting to the non-writer... )
Having the right 'tool' makes a difference. It does. I know that from playing guitar and bass as well: the quality of the instrument you're using makes a difference in your performance. The width of the neck, the set-up of the strings, the tone and projection of the instrument, the types of strings you're using, the reproduction equipment into which it's plugged -- they all affect, to some greater or lesser degree, the way you play. On my acoustic fretless bass, I can't play 'slap' bass, as I can on my Roscoe, and because the neck is wider and the set-up is a little higher on the fretless, I can't be quite as precise and quick with the fingering.. But I can't do those nice slides and glides from one note to another on the fretted Roscoe, and it can't 'growl' the way the fretless can. I'm still the same person playing either instrument, with the same skills and same thoughts, but I sound a little different on each.
It's the same way with writing and the instruments you use there. It's the same story in your head, but the tool you choose to use will consciously or unconsciously make small (or even large) changes in your approach to the process, and will -- I suspect -- also result in a slightly different end product.
How about you? Have you noticed that the 'tool' you use changes the way you work?
kateelliott's fault... Damn her talented soul!In a blog post on writing process, she mentioned that she will sometimes deliberately write a scene 'wrong' with the knowledge that she can go back and fix it later -- this with the intention of continuing the forward momentum of the novel. I responded, mentioning that that was something I'll do now myself, though in the past I didn't. I blamed it on Scrivener, the program I use for writing novels. She asked that I elucidate on that.
So I will.
( Cut here because it's long and nattering about word processors and the like may not be interesting to the non-writer... )
Having the right 'tool' makes a difference. It does. I know that from playing guitar and bass as well: the quality of the instrument you're using makes a difference in your performance. The width of the neck, the set-up of the strings, the tone and projection of the instrument, the types of strings you're using, the reproduction equipment into which it's plugged -- they all affect, to some greater or lesser degree, the way you play. On my acoustic fretless bass, I can't play 'slap' bass, as I can on my Roscoe, and because the neck is wider and the set-up is a little higher on the fretless, I can't be quite as precise and quick with the fingering.. But I can't do those nice slides and glides from one note to another on the fretted Roscoe, and it can't 'growl' the way the fretless can. I'm still the same person playing either instrument, with the same skills and same thoughts, but I sound a little different on each.
It's the same way with writing and the instruments you use there. It's the same story in your head, but the tool you choose to use will consciously or unconsciously make small (or even large) changes in your approach to the process, and will -- I suspect -- also result in a slightly different end product.
How about you? Have you noticed that the 'tool' you use changes the way you work?