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Maybe useful for an ME/CFS person who wants to write a book?

Just saw this via, you guessed it, Tumblr. 😁

That bit about struggling with the scope of large projects ...
... and easily handling bite sized bits ...
🤔
Maybe it's just me, but that sounds very ME/CFS ...
:)
One time I was like "why must a book have a 'plot,' why can't I just string a bunch of random unconnected scenes together on vibes alone" and ? well, I mean. Until I watched this video, it never occurred to me that I can, in fact, do that.

I'm constantly working to identify and overcome arbitrary Rules I don't need to follow re: creativity. I think this is a big one.

Immediately after I watched it, I started mentally chopping up what I have of one of my drafts into smaller, self-contained scenes. I started thinking of finally writing the scenes I've been thinking about for ages and never wrote because I didn't think they'd fit into the plot of the story.

If you're like me and you struggle with the scope of larger projects like novels but can easily handle bite-sized chunks, maybe look into doing a novella-in-flash.
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Dysfunkion
I have a writing project myself but the irony is because of my health and other time issues it hasn't went very far at the moment but essentially what is, is a bunch of individual writings on various topics in no particular order without any connection to one another.
 
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southwestforests said:
I dunno, maybe the connection is you, that you have thoughts and something to say. 🙂
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I mean technically it weaves an interconnected network of viewpoints that form the basis of my perception. It would be interesting to see someone make a truly random book like one set of pages is a description of what they did one day, another is a review for some coffee they drank, the next is their views on a certain topic, and so on. You could go go on forever too, it would be the most baffling book of all time.
 
southwestforests
Hey there. Just back from a doctor appointment and then taking my apartment trash down to the dumpster.
Currently chilling out with two cats, and a laptop.
Georgie is bring distracting licking my mouse hand.
Who knows why, with cats.
😸

Might be baffling, but at least I'd get to see what was in the writers mind at points.

And speaking of what was in the writers mind,

Last night I made some progress on my sci-fi story which has for several decades been under construction in intermittent fits of slow motion.
Another case of, Took me years to settle on how to present what I wanted to show happening.
Some note, and about 2/3 a page.
Buy, hey, that's 2/3 a page more than it would have been if it were 2/3 a page less than it is!
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