Check-In – Day 29

[samuraiter]

The quest for the brain hamster continues. What have you been doing today?

— Thinking. Maybe a little, maybe a lot.
— Writing.
— Planning and / or researching.
— Editing.
— Sending things to the beta.
— Posting!
— Relaxing, taking a break, etc.
— Other stuff-ing. Look at the comment.

Question: Do you type random phrases when you get stuck? Do you delete them immediately?

Comments

[dirty_diana]

Writing, researching comic book canon. I have never tried this technique for being stuck, is it really a thing? I usually either go back to where I made the wrong turn or forward past the part that is boring me.

[samuraiter]

Not for everybody! It's more of a quick expression of frustration, perhaps. I find it therapeutic when I'm looking for a key piece of description and can't quite find the words (e.g. "the waters receded into the distance, and BART SIMPSON HAS BEEN ELEVEN YEARS OLD FOR THIRTY YEARS").

[linaewen]

Looks like I have a relatively "me" friendly weekend coming up, so maybe writing will happen. I shall try to make it so.

Typing random phrases sounds intriguing, I might have to try that. What I usually do is insert brackets and a few words that give me the gist of what I am trying to get at but my brain won't cooperate. That usually is enough to help me move on, and I can usually come back fairly quickly with the right word or whatever it was that had me stuck.