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[pantryslut]

Lori's increasingly typical writing process:

1) Agonize and strain for days, looking for the key that will unlock the flow of words. The key might be a line, an image, a phrase; for nonfiction, it's usually the opening hook.

In this first stage, the agony and strain is actually over figuring out what the key *is.*

2) Furious brainstorming to come up with the actual form of the key -- the opening line or whatever.

3) Blessed word flow!

I hit 2) sometime after midnight last night. Hooray!

I hope this is evidence that dinner with friends (zille and alexiflex, in this case) is a writing lubricant. Wouldn't that be nice? Clearly I shall have to run more tests.

Comments

[freakysparks.livejournal.com]

in my experience, it will TOTALLY be writing lubricant. be prepared for sticky fingers from all the words that will come out of them.

[zille.livejournal.com]

If we did indeed help, I am delighted to be of service (Hehe, but you know I *always* am!)

Goin' With the Flow

[obadiah.livejournal.com]

I hope this is evidence that dinner with friends...is a writing lubricant. Wouldn't that be nice? Clearly I shall have to run more tests.

Sounds like a good basis for scientific experimentation. :-)

I, for one, would think that most writing processes can be improved by having dinner with friends.