Writing Naked

Feb 2, 2009

Stretched out on my bed… naked… having just showered, I stared at the ceiling.

Enter my sweetheart and loud facial expressions: first surprised, then amused, finally concerned.  “Are you okay?”

“Shush,” I said.  “I’m writing.”

I don’t know how other people do it, but that’s more or less how I do it.  Of course it doesn’t have to be in bed, I don’t have to be naked, and it’s not always the ceiling.  I like to be flexible.

Once the characters and sets are built in my mind, writing is like watching a movie in my head, or dreaming when I’m awake. I see it happen, and if it makes me feel excited/interested/angry/surprised/happy then I write it down.

I’m not sure I understand those writers who say that writing is sitting down at a keyboard.  Writing and typing are completely different things!  Writing is the first step.  Typing is the last.