Where shall I start?
Our house is relatively small, and whenever I write, be it a blogpost, a chatline in facebook, an article for an agricultural monthly, or any work in progress, the very action of writing is obvious to anyone in the house. It just can not go unseen.
I have gotten used to it, and it kind of inspires me, too.
The kids don't seem to care, but my husband sometimes notes that I write so fast and am so immersed in writing as if my life depended upon finishing it, while at other times I type, do something and type again and so forth.
He claims that there is a correlation between the speed I write with and the quality of the outcome. He thinks the pieces I write with much enthusiam are better.
I am not so sure... :)
But there might be a tendency.
When the scene is right in front of me, the feelings I want to convey are clear, (I type faster), the story is more vivid for me, at least. But for the reader?
My DH is just one of the readers :) :)
What's your experience?
4 comments:
Psychologically, it's easy to feel that when one is writing fast and enthusiastically that the piece is better. I suspect part of this is because one's own mood is elevated at such times. I don't believe there is any objective relationship between the speed of writing and the quality, although I do think that it is possible to write too fast and make mistakes.
Uhm, do you mean that since my husband knows the speed I wrote a particular piece with, he has a preconception about the quality?
:)
I suppose your husband knows you better... :-)
I don't think he has a preconception about quality. Probably, with your way of writing (which resembles mine, actually) writing faster means that your heart is truly into that scene and the inspiration is right with it. When that happens, isn't the scene better in general?
I see your point Vesper and that sidenote about my husband's preconception was rather a joke. He knows me and is honest about the quality of the writing, too.
My concern is that if you are more immersed in the scene, you are more apt to leave out important bits. Since you are within the scene you don't always feel the urge to write those bits down. And the result may resemble a diary :/
But if you are watching the scene from a distance, then there is a need to explain, to introduce the reader to your world.
That being said, experience shows that pieces written in a hurry are usually, but not always better. Writing fast is much more fun (excitement) for sure, though.
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