ISWG: Managing Many Worlds... and Paracosm
I haven't been around lately. And really, I blame everyone else...in my other worlds. Hard to stay in one reality when the demands of the others are constantly thrown in your face.
Anyone else have that problem?
As writers, we exhaust ourselves, not only because we have to live our lives in an extremely taxing world but because we often have two or three other lives to live...sometimes hundreds. And, if you're like me, you don't make the lives of the other characters easy.
What can be done?
(1) The last few months, I've been juggling both editing and writing. I think that has got to end. Keeping one story straight is hard enough. So, I'm cutting back. Kudos to those who can write 3-4 novels at once.
(2) I've also cut down my daily word count a bit. That has eased the pressure some, especially because I leave for a month holiday next week.
(3) Have children? Did you know you can actually ask them to do chores? Apparently they haven't had time to start a teenage union because they've been busy reading novels on how to kill each other for competition or... sleeping.
How do you manage many worlds?
Just one more thing.
I wrote a post at the beginning of 2012 about the subject: Paracosm . It's still getting comments... and really meaningful comments. There are people out there who really face this. So, I want to do another series of blog posts in November about it.
In the meantime, if you haven't had a chance to give your thoughts, please do. These are the questions I've asked. Please feel free to give your thoughts in that blog post comment section.
So, now I ask you (and feel free to leave your comment as anonymous if you don't want to disclose your identity):
Have you ever 'lived in' or created a fantasy world? (If you answer no to this question, disregard the rest.)
How long have you had this imaginary world--since childhood or has the new world developed in adulthood?
Do you just watch the characters or are you in fact one of the characters?
Do you believe the world is real or are you aware that it's only in your mind?
Is the world completely made up--with its own language, laws, names--or is it based on the real world?
Do you escape into this imaginary world when faced with emotional trauma?
How often do you spend in that imaginary world? Do you talk to your
characters while washing dishes or taking a shower or does it interfere
with your life (This may fall into another category called Maladaptive
Daydreaming)?
Anyone else have that problem?
As writers, we exhaust ourselves, not only because we have to live our lives in an extremely taxing world but because we often have two or three other lives to live...sometimes hundreds. And, if you're like me, you don't make the lives of the other characters easy.
What can be done?
(1) The last few months, I've been juggling both editing and writing. I think that has got to end. Keeping one story straight is hard enough. So, I'm cutting back. Kudos to those who can write 3-4 novels at once.
(2) I've also cut down my daily word count a bit. That has eased the pressure some, especially because I leave for a month holiday next week.
(3) Have children? Did you know you can actually ask them to do chores? Apparently they haven't had time to start a teenage union because they've been busy reading novels on how to kill each other for competition or... sleeping.
How do you manage many worlds?
Just one more thing.
I wrote a post at the beginning of 2012 about the subject: Paracosm . It's still getting comments... and really meaningful comments. There are people out there who really face this. So, I want to do another series of blog posts in November about it.
In the meantime, if you haven't had a chance to give your thoughts, please do. These are the questions I've asked. Please feel free to give your thoughts in that blog post comment section.
So, now I ask you (and feel free to leave your comment as anonymous if you don't want to disclose your identity):
Have you ever 'lived in' or created a fantasy world? (If you answer no to this question, disregard the rest.)
How long have you had this imaginary world--since childhood or has the new world developed in adulthood?
Do you just watch the characters or are you in fact one of the characters?
Do you believe the world is real or are you aware that it's only in your mind?
Is the world completely made up--with its own language, laws, names--or is it based on the real world?
Do you escape into this imaginary world when faced with emotional trauma?
How often do you spend in that imaginary world? Do you talk to your
characters while washing dishes or taking a shower or does it interfere
with your life (This may fall into another category called Maladaptive
Daydreaming)?
No comments have been added yet.
