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Philippa East posted an update in the group
December SloMo 7 years, 4 months ago I’ve been inspired by the goals your guys are setting yourselves. I think I’m going to set myself the SloMo goal of doing (up to) three hours’ editorial work a day (on the days I’m not at work). That, for me, is enough time to get some solid work done, but hopefully not so long that I panic myself with how much I should be achieving. And I plan to give myself permission to knock off after less time, if I already feel I’ve made solid gains for that day.
Most of my edits are around characterisation – clarifying dynamics, balancing character arcs, detailing backstory, motivations, etc. It needs a lot of THINKING (erg) and I suspect there’s a limit to how much time you can spend on that per day without draining the creative well.
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I think I often try to do too much of that really close editing in a sitting, so start out being really thoughtful and ending up just drifting. So yes, time limits are probably something I need to be better at. Feels funny to limit your own writing time, rather than RL limiting it for you!!
Yes, good point! But I agree, I think there’s a danger that we over-tax the creative subconscious by hammering away at idea-generation for too long.