Monday, March 17, 2008
Captain Research
This is the point where I need to find a professional writer to talk to; because, I'm stuck here with a problem. I've been working on three projects now for about two weeks and feel I'm approaching the point where I should be typing things up - I've been writing all these things in my Moleskine because I missed the tactile nature of shaping words and erasing and so forth - with the same, if not more, vigor. Only problem is I feel as though I've come across a roadblock in the form of research. There's a lot of stuff I haven't read or asked people and I'm not sure how comfortable I am continuing to write without that information. So, I start writing thins thing. Just to keep myself loose or tight or alert. Wondering if I've ruined these projects due to a lack of due diligence in researching. Should I have even started work without the information I needed? Should I plow through, going as far as I possibly can before I get stuck and start researching, only to plug things in later? I've written notes, after all, above pages on things that need clarification or expansion. It all leaves me kind of at a loss. I just sit here, my pencil ready to go and my brain hacking through the confusion position I'm in.
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Hey David,
Go easy on yourself... Ever read about the creative process... those five steps from the seed of an idea to completion of a project? the most time in creativity is spent "incubating" - taking in as much stimuli as possible, which eventually all syntesizes into a new, brilliant idea (or several brilliant ideas) that then sparks the actual pen-to-paper work of creating. Anyway, I think this is cyclical process that probably occurs over and over and over in the life of any one project. So, don't worry if you feel like you didn't do the proper research before you started writing. You can always do some of it now, see how it affects you, keep writing and then when you're at a loss, do some more. I've never written anything long-form. But, I bet those who do hit the research trail a number of times in the process.
Kari
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