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Maxime Jaz
I write books about men falling in love in various settings and times.
I write books about men falling in love in various settings and times.
There were several posts on Twitter on writing process, how writers write, tips and tricks, which have triggered this post. I was mildly comforted to find writers who have a similar process, meaning that they "dream up" or have "movies play in their heads/minds" because this is what happens to me. I think in pictures, I have a brain which sees in pictures, thinks in pictures and I have a photographic memory which is a blessing and a curse at the same time in me every day life and my day job.
I don't sit down to face a plan, an excel sheet, a story planner app or software (does such a thing even exist?). I sit down when the urge of writing down the scenes in my head becomes so strong that I just have to write. It is an exhausting yet thrilling process, the words will just churn out, pour from my fingers and, sometimes, when I re-read myself, I am a bit puzzled at what I wrote. This has the distinct disadvantage of the whole writing process stopping when the "film" stops and then I just wait until it starts playing again. I sometimes try to gently coax my "movie director" muse to continue, dreaming up pictures, scenes, so the wait can be more or less long or short, depending on my fickle muse's spirit and work ethic. Of course, as a cheeky being, it sometimes starts a brand new movie, distracting me from my WIP and then I have to write those new scenes down... This is why I have so many WIP, sitting patiently, waiting for me to pick up the thread. I imagine my characters just lounging, waiting to "play" again, a lingering guilt inside of me, that I am letting them sit and wait whilst my muse and I chase each other and play games. "I should continue and finish the Romans..." "No, Max, not yet...I have new scenes, watch..." "We're not even done with this one yet..." "Doesn't matter. This is what you have to write about now..." No, I'm not crazy, just having a "film" about my muse. Should I write about it?
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