Tangental Randomness
Tonight was another research day. Not reading a book this time, just online stuff. And some more writing. Just a night of randomness. But randomness that makes each subsequent writing day easier.
It’s still difficult for me to do all my research in advance, because the story does, on some level, dictate directions I didn’t plan for. Hey, I’m still new at this, give me a break. So, when the story veers, I end up having to stop writing, do some research, and then jump back to the writing.
I do dislike disrupting the flow of writing, but after this draft, people (a very select few) are actually going to get to read it, so I can’t be leaving holes for things to research.
In some way, though, I suppose this method makes sense given that the book is being told in encapsulated vignettes. Basically every chapter is a short story, so if I look at it as research for this short story, I guess it doesn’t diminish that I haven’t researched the book properly or anything. Beating yourself up is a good thing, though, no?
The other downside is that when I work on a bunch of tangental randomness, I am left with much fewer cohesive thoughts for this diary, since I’m not bumping up against one issue all night prior to writing it.
Oh well, tomorrow should be a full-on writing day. Famous last words.
Peace,
Jeff
