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Originally Posted by Lhinneill  So, how do you guys tune out that annoying internal editor?
Do you usually write out your first draft with pen and paper, or do you prefer a keyboard and a computer? I'm not looking for any set formula, I'm just curious to see how everyone else does their writing.  |
Ideally, I'd just wait until I'm tired...I don't have an internal censor then. At a certain point, she just puts her feet up on the desk and informs me that I'm on my own. Which can lead to some interesting adventures.
However, I don't do my best writing when I'm tired (despite all those all-night writing sessions when I had papers due at university), so that's not really the best strategy. So, I just ignore the internal censor as best I can and try to get a decent amout of writing done before I go back and try to edit.
I've gone from writing on paper for first drafts to composing at the keyboard. I type faster than I can write with a pen or pencil, so trying compose on paper just turns into an exercise in frustration. But even that helps me to keep the internal censor at bay, because while I
can edit at the keyboard, it is much easier for me to print out a hard copy and edit there and then enter the corrections.
But I write much more non-fiction than fiction, so for those of you who write primarily fiction, YMMV.