There is no logic behind my writing process. And whatever 'logic' there is, seems to be pretty ephemeral. It comes and goes like the wind...
Today, I didn't really seem to be feeling it. But, halfway through the afternoon, when I opened "Hypersensitivosaurus and Cold Turkey" in my text editor for the umptieth ( dumptieth ) time, magic started happening.
This is where the magic happens...
the wee mouse said, and he opened his text editor, while nibbling on a piece of Gouda.
Okay, magic might be somewhat of an exaggeration but let's say that I worked through half of my book, which felt pretty good.
And no, I didn't remove a lot of words ( an insight that came to me a handful of days ago),
I merely did a read through and a tiny bit of rewriting and then started focusing on the pictures added to my writing, as well as on the font / layout.
I am not an editor, and although I am pretty satisfied with my story and my illustrations, that doesn't mean that the overall look of my book feels good to me.
Damn you, perfectionist!
No, I am not really angry with the perfectionist inside of me but it also doesn't make life easier for me, to say the least. I am sure many of you can relate.
Note to self: I might ask one of my sisters to help me out with my book's lay out. One of them is an architect and the other studied industrial product design. Both are very, very different though and I can't help but feel that the style of my twin sister ( not the architect ) would fit my book more. It's just a shame that she doesn't have a functioning computer at the moment.
I am gonna end it here, for today, and will leave you with one more insight that I had, yesterday. An insight that wasn't very helpful.
I discovered that I have written almost 700 posts on Hive, in the last 4 and a half years and then realzed that if all of those posts would have been a single page each ( about 500 words ), I could have finished writing plenty of books instead.
I know that's not how it works though, but it's interesting to ponder these kind of things, every now and then. To ask yourself whether your writing on here and your writing in any kind of place ( including places like Whatsapp ) is time well spent. It's good to be conscious of any piece of text that you put out there, to focus on where your actual priorities lie ( without becoming anti social ). Also voice messages are pretty cool. In fact, I really like to send and receive those, these days.
TO BE CONVINUED...
Big hug,
Hypersensitivosaurus
How cool it is to see Hypersensitivosaurus is becoming a book 💛 I did grow an interesting connection and affection for him last year! How many pages is it? Is it already finished and are you only editing now?
I read your last comment; couldn't help to imagine it being only illustrations and the text ON the illustrations since I really adore that drawing style of yours:) would be really appealing for kids as well although I came to understand Hypersensitivosaurus speaks to a full different level to us adults!
So nice to hear from you again and thank you for your kind words.
I decided, a long time ago, that Hypersensitivosaurus was going to become a book, I just didn't know what kind of book and with what characters.
It's now getting clearer and clearer :>)
Although I have been editing for months now, it's hard to say how far from being finished I am. Deadlines don't work for me/ I don't work with deadlines. I am also working on three different books, at once ( more on that in my latest post, from today ) ;<)
Big hug!
Hive is like a book that is never finished, and in one sense that's why I like writing on this platform. A book is a big undertaking, but at least with a completed post, a smaller victory is won, morale restored.
:<)
Yoooo you are finished with the first draft? I’m excited. I really think you should go for a cut and paste mixed media mash up style. MS paint cut copy and scissors and glue edited book for the win!
You can make a digital version and print version, maybe focus on the one that’s easier to put out first and then make the other
Already quite a while ago ( months ).
I know you dig this style but I think this first book is gonna be more polished. I am already thinking of a different style for the other books. Don't expect them to be very much alike, aside from - perhaps - my writing.
I will keep that idea in mind. Cheers!
I don't know....it is kind of looking like a book to me!
Haha! Thanks! It sure 'kind of' looks like it...
I just can't help but wonder that things would be a lot easier,
if I would go for just text or only illustrations in a future book.
Or, perhaps, very little text and plenty of illustrations.
This is a struggle that I have had inside of me since I was a little kid that started drawing and writing.
I enjoyed reading your thoughts on your writing process. The reflective nature of it. And I love the term: Hypersensitivosaurus — imaginative and descriptive! I resonate!
Thank you for your kind words. It's always nice to hear this, but even more coming from somebody I never 'met' before. Glad to hear you resonate with all this :<)