Noticing Things

The other day I was writing the first chapter of Dodger, the Pirate, and the Fire Queen and I noticed that while I was writing it everything else just sort of faded away. It was like I was having a one on one time with my characters. I saw the scene I was writing and it came out onto the computer screen perfectly, without a hitch.

I noticed that when the world doesn’t fade away like that, my writing doesn’t sound as great. It just sounds like I'm spitting words out just because there’s nothing better to do. And it shouldn't be like that. Writing is like another form of art, only instead of painting a picture, your writing a picture. I figured that when you don't feel like you’re in the scene that your writing then you are not doing it right. You’re just writing words.

You should feel 'one' with your characters and your story when you write it, because if you don't it’s going to come out sounding like crap. Also, it won’t mean anything. It would just be another story that has no purpose; it would just be a bunch of words.

You know what I've noticed about writing is that, if your just typing the words your not doing it right. It's not as satisfying when you don't see the scene unfold before your eyes.

When your truly writing you'll know. You won't just see the computer screen or your piece of notebook paper. You'll be in the scene that your writing and watching it happen as your words create it.

So here's my little tid bit of information. If you can feel the scene go through your finger tips and onto the computer screen then you're doing it right. If not, your just writing words.

You have to feel it, don't think of the keyboard as just a keyboard, but as a translator. To translate your thoughts into words.