You’re a great writer, your ability to formulate an opinion and arrive at the conclusion is a skill many can’t achieve. Perhaps the writing you’re yearning for requires less intellectualism, but still needs structure. Overthinking will lead to paralysis of creativity. The process of what you’re trying to accomplish could be as simple as making a sandwich. Look at it as if it was a recipe, once you decide on the bread and the main ingredients, then you can figure out the other details and eventually the sauce, spicy, sweat, sour. The options may seem infinite, but they’re actually finite. The novel you’re trying to write, is already written. Perhaps just focus on the ingredients and the menu will develop from there. You’re already walking your path, now continue to put one foot in front of the other and don’t get too distracted with the great show in the sky. Also, the phone is not the enemy, with the apps, it’s a box of drugs, without them, it’s just a phone. I’ve read everything you’ve written, and I know you can execute the vision in your mind’s eye. To build your world and bring you characters to life, you have to decide on what to grow, plant the seed and water it, but don’t expect it to materialize over night. To achieve this, don’t give your self a deadline, time is an illusion, use the illusion of reality to sculpt your masterpiece. Don’t over edit as you go, but edit the parts and move around the pieces, eventually they’ll click into place and the novel will write itself, you just have to create the foundation. Without one, then it’s just sandcastles in the sky, that will continue to collapse and be swept away by the current of the wind. (ie attention economy / modern mind control) I look forward to reading your novel one day..
I love this. Thank you for introducing me to the concept of surrealist writing.
I see Substack as a sandbox of sorts - a place where we can write messily and without editing. I don't edit, though I fix typos if I re-read my essays; and I do outline beforehand and write to a theme I've been thinking about for a while, so it's not quite what the surrealist writers envisioned.
Thank you. Your support means a lot to me I look up to you as a writer. I want to try not editing my Substack articles it’s hard tho when I’m writing in (for the audience ) mode. 🙈
But I like the method you mentioned of fixing typos after publishing and rereading.
Hey would you like to like talk to each other about writing a novel. Like maybe we can email each other and encourage each other to write. My email is abidriss@outlook.com. I’m looking for someone who is interested in writing who can encourage me to write and talk about topics close to my heart that I might want to write about.
Interesting essay. ✨⚡
You’re a great writer, your ability to formulate an opinion and arrive at the conclusion is a skill many can’t achieve. Perhaps the writing you’re yearning for requires less intellectualism, but still needs structure. Overthinking will lead to paralysis of creativity. The process of what you’re trying to accomplish could be as simple as making a sandwich. Look at it as if it was a recipe, once you decide on the bread and the main ingredients, then you can figure out the other details and eventually the sauce, spicy, sweat, sour. The options may seem infinite, but they’re actually finite. The novel you’re trying to write, is already written. Perhaps just focus on the ingredients and the menu will develop from there. You’re already walking your path, now continue to put one foot in front of the other and don’t get too distracted with the great show in the sky. Also, the phone is not the enemy, with the apps, it’s a box of drugs, without them, it’s just a phone. I’ve read everything you’ve written, and I know you can execute the vision in your mind’s eye. To build your world and bring you characters to life, you have to decide on what to grow, plant the seed and water it, but don’t expect it to materialize over night. To achieve this, don’t give your self a deadline, time is an illusion, use the illusion of reality to sculpt your masterpiece. Don’t over edit as you go, but edit the parts and move around the pieces, eventually they’ll click into place and the novel will write itself, you just have to create the foundation. Without one, then it’s just sandcastles in the sky, that will continue to collapse and be swept away by the current of the wind. (ie attention economy / modern mind control) I look forward to reading your novel one day..
This is great advice thank you so much 💕🙏
I love this. Thank you for introducing me to the concept of surrealist writing.
I see Substack as a sandbox of sorts - a place where we can write messily and without editing. I don't edit, though I fix typos if I re-read my essays; and I do outline beforehand and write to a theme I've been thinking about for a while, so it's not quite what the surrealist writers envisioned.
Thank you. Your support means a lot to me I look up to you as a writer. I want to try not editing my Substack articles it’s hard tho when I’m writing in (for the audience ) mode. 🙈
But I like the method you mentioned of fixing typos after publishing and rereading.
Okay we def need to like cowork/write together!!!
I am so down!!❤️
Anyone can write a novel. Hardly ANYONE can write a great one. Hard to hear but true :(
Hey would you like to like talk to each other about writing a novel. Like maybe we can email each other and encourage each other to write. My email is abidriss@outlook.com. I’m looking for someone who is interested in writing who can encourage me to write and talk about topics close to my heart that I might want to write about.