Post 16 – There is no “One Process”
Posted on | December 22, 2009 | 2 Comments
Steve and I write in this blog to discuss the process of writing, which brings us to the question, “Is there one correct process to use to write?”
The short answer is, “No.”
That’s pretty short, and not very helpful, so I’ll augment it a bit with a more complete answer.
Steve and I do have our process, honed over the years. It works for us, but, as with every individual writer’s process, ours is uniquely our own, and, as with every individual writer’s process, is a wonderful, delightful, sometimes harrowing mystery.
However, there are things we’ve discovered along the way that are useful to us and might be useful to any writer. To you, for instance. We have also heard (and tried) all the “rules” for writing that all the smart people espouse. Some of them, we have come to discover, are simply silly. Some of them are “clever” but not pragmatic. (I like to call those “bromides” not “rules”.) Some sound great on first hearing them, but put into practical use are, frankly, useless. Some are wonderfully beneficial and we like to take those, use them, adjust them to our own quirks, then take full credit for them. (I kid. Sort of.)
What we present here is what we do, and, after several screenplays, a web-based comedy serial, a best selling satirical novel, a popular web show, a long running, episodic stage show and several articles, opinion pieces, sales pages, blurbs, eulogies, press releases, forum postings and works of self adulation, it works fairly well for us. Any tips we present here are tips, not rules. Listen to them. Try them out. Adjust them to your own personality. Refute them and do something completely different then start your own writing tips blog.
The real purpose of all this, though, isn’t necessarily to tell you how to write, it is to tell you to write, and give hints that might help with that.
Happy writing!
~Geoff Hoff
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December 22nd, 2009 @ 10:26 pm
I have really like the tips. I am still using my smell and trying not to think it to death. This has been a fun project.
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December 23rd, 2009 @ 1:00 am
I’m so glad you took on the “Finger Exercise”. As you go into your next week (and next sense) let me know your experience of the previous one. I love hearing the “finger exercise” stories, and used to open my acting class with that (after a “Centering Exercise”) every week.