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I used to feel guilty when I lacked motivation but I don't anymore. I try not to let myself succumb to inertia either--most days I force myself to at least try writing a sentence or two and then see how I feel--but if it's not working that day then it's just not working and I'm done feeling bad about it.

I've just been being lazy lately though. I think there's a difference between writer's block or burnout or whatever and being in a lazy mood and it's helpful to learn the difference so you know how to respond to each however works best for you.

But now I do feel kind of motivated at the moment. Maybe I'll go work on the scene I'm in the middle of.

Ah yeah that sounds fair. I think I just felt concerned because I was never working on what I ought to be working on.

I think the best part of the scene sheet is being able to find a scene I feel the mood for and write it.

I have trouble writing out of order. I tend to do scene sheets like yours too, but even then I just can't bring myself to skip ahead.

There's a thing in knitting where some people will say they're a process knitter or a product knitter. I think I'm very much a process writer. I write for the feeling of experiencing the story more than for the final product, and I prefer to experience my stories from beginning to end.

Although now I'm wondering if this attitude is contributing to how difficult it's been for me to try to make the switch to writing for an audience over the past few months (as opposed for writing stories purely for fun that no one would ever see). My way of writing feels very personal. Maybe if I try out a different method it will help me step back a bit and feel less exposed by the idea of showing the work to other people.

Now I'm just rambling.

Process vs product, I don't think I've ever thought of it that way. That makes sense. I think it's true that, while I enjoy the process, my focus is more on the product I'm working to create. I can see how it might be more difficult to aim for publication if your focus has always been on the process.

Interesting to me though, how you mentioned experiencing the story from beginning to end. I feel like I experience my story all at the same time, or at least all over the place, because I have pieces of scenes from every point in the story going in my head. True, that's different from the experience of actually sitting down and writing the scene out, but I think that sense of ongoing interconnected story was part of what let me try writing this last one out of order. (That and having Scrivener)

I'm considering writing a process vs. product post over in write-away but I'm going to be away from my computer most of this weekend so it's probably not the best time to be making new posts.

I love thinking about stuff like this though. I find it interesting that I'm such a process writer when I seem to be the complete opposite with the knitting I just mentioned. I'm all about the end product there.

That's funny to me as well because the tiny bit of knitting I've done (poorly) has been much more process-oriented than most things I do. I'm always interested in the philosophy and...processes...behind what I do and what others do differently from me. I'm sure others will like that topic on write-away too, next week or whenever you get to it.

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Bahaha 0_0

Ah. I think it varies from person to person.

I getcha.

I see, maybe, I mean.. I don't know what to tell you , I can't tell you the "right way to write" because their is none.

I do that all the time.

It definitely varies and I think that it's pretty cool that there are so many different methods for producing good writing. I've had a lot of fun experimenting to find what works for me.

Thanks for starting this thread. I actually got some work done tonight.

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