Speed

I'm going to be spending today and the next few days traveling. This doesn't mean I'm taking a break from writing however. Screw that noise. Instead it means that I'm going to be writing these posts on my phone. This isn't the first time I've done this, so I'm already familiar with how to go about it, and what the disadvantages are. The biggest of which being that I have no way of checking how long these posts are, so if any of the next few days' writing seems short, that's why. 

But the other big disadvantage for me is that this means it will take me significantly longer to do my writing. Besides my being limited by the size of my phone's keyboard, I'm also much more likely to make typos, which means more going back to correct them, which is annoying on a phone. 

I've mentioned before that, for me, writing slowly is very frustrating. A good writing streak for me hits 75 words a minute or more, meaning I can theoretically finish my five hundred words in under ten minutes, which I have on multiple occasions. I know that's not exactly a normal thing, and I'm not one to pretend that it is. But that's just how it is for me. My writing is very much a flow thing. Very stream of consciousness, if you will. Slowing down, and especially stopping, are not conducive to me. Lots of people do that frequently while writing, and it's probably a good thing, to stop and think about where you're going and where you've come from. But for me, stopping means losing track or getting stuck. 

If you're a writer, chances are you've had your moments where you stop for long stretches of time, staring blankly at something else, thinking about where your story is going. And if someone interrupts while you're doing that, to ask if you're ok or what you're doing, you probably get mad at them for pulling you out of your writing bubble. Not me, though. The people who know me see me doing that and know that, chances are, I'm trying to think of a word I want. And sometimes they can help me, and it gets me going again.

Going slow makes it easier for me to get distracted, to lose my place. Unfortunately, that's just something I'm going to have to deal with for the next few days. Like many problems I've faced these last few months, however, it's probably a good thing. It's more practice with the hard things. Forcing myself to do things I'm not comfortable with so that I can better my writing.

Like I mentioned at the beginning, I have no way of knowing if this is long enough. I sure hope it is. I know it's a bit denser then a lot of my writing, so I have that going for me. But man, has this taken a while. Hopefully I can keep it up.