I love being able to share my thoughts on Twitter.com while writing, especially in the late hours of the night…or very early hours of the morning. It lets me chronicle my fleeting thoughts during the writing process, and gives me someone to talk to at 4am.
Here’s a selection of my writing-related tweets in the late-night hours of the last few days:
11-06-08
* Listening to Celtic music. My thoughts are being drawn toward the medieval adventure stories I have on the board…must resist….
* A fun thing is to just write nonsense, and write a lot of it. That really helps me with writers’ block
* Clarification: That’s not what’s in the novel. 
* Sometimes, it’s a greater victory to mark “Final version” on a single, troublesome chapter than on an entire book. FTW.
* “Ch. 2 11-06-08 FINAL 0000″
* What day was the party again? In which revision? *flipping through notes* :-/
* I just checked my spreadsheet calender–it’s Wednesday. 
* This book is (ironically) like an old house that’s been remodeled, rewired, repainted, repapered–takes forever
* …When I could have built a new one from the ground up in six months
* Not sure why my most productive hrs are between 12 & 5 am lately…
11-07-08
* Picking up where I left off, & glad to see the productivity buzz is still going 
* Reworking important scene w/several glances being exchanged. At this point I have a mental picture of a dozen eyeballs racketing down stairs
* In my next novel, I swear, nobody will look at anyone else.
* Ooo–new fave soundtrack. “National Treasure.”
* …And, Lord help me, the “Predator” movies have really good soundtracks.
* Ch. 3 FINAL, v. 0000 *wipes brow, continues on*
* “Transformers” score rocks
* Will. Get. 4. Done.
* *Napping* ZZZzzzzzzzz…..
11-08-08
* Okay, need some food, then it’s focus time. Got reinspired, can’t wait to tackle the proofreads–love it when that happens!
* Inspiration is elusive, for sure. That’s when bum glue comes into play, and we sit @ the keyboard till it gives
* Deep in Chapter Four–it will be conquered. Already it’s listening to reason.
* My vocabulary is archaic. I want to use “demur” to express hesitation in conversation, but that’s *so* 14th century.
* Mustn’t…overuse…dialogue tags.
* *Sigh.* Just when I get over my acute adverbitis, another malady takes its place.
* It’s morning already??
* Yep. I’m getting better at being ruthless, and deleting on the fly
* Tentatively announcing Chapter 4, v. 0000. It seems to want to stop here. (Doubt it, though.)
…And so it continues. It’s 11:55 PM, and back to the writing table for me. See you @ dawn.
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Thank you, I’ll need them!
And yes indeed, it is a thrill to see your progress! And thanks for doing this ’cause you helped in keeping me motivated in my writing too!