Steering The Craft
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ch.1: Sound of Writing
Although I didn't have the same emotional response to this chapter as I did to the second, I was still interested in the process she outlined and the examples of "gorgeous" writing she shared. One of the things I haven't been able to shake free of--to a very detrimental degree, as it directly impacts my ability to let loose and simply write--is the sound of writing. I hear what I'm typing in my head, and it has to sound a certain way, or, more specifically, to have a certain rhythm or cadence to it, or I'm unsatisfied and waste my time editing and editing to get the smallest sentence rhythms to sound correct to my ear. I guess I'm most inspired by music, externally, and need certain music playing to capture a certain mood to put me in the right frame of mind. Internally, I have this metronome in my mind's ear, clicking off, and my writing has to keep time with it or the mood gets disrupted. (Add that to my complete lack of plot and structure, and I'm completely screwed when it comes to writing fiction, although it is what I long to do well. *sigh*) All in all, this was a very beautiful, very inspiring yet very depressing chapter to read. I have no idea how to fix my problem. Le Guin's exercises and the exercises in class continue to give me Blank Page Syndrome. I am so envious of proficient writers.
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