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Left Brain, Right Brain
Posted by hollylisle on September 3, 2006 , 3 Comments
I can tell when, in my writing, I’ve switched from essentially left-brain work to full-on right-brain storytelling mode. My spelling goes all to hell. My left brain is a great speller, never confuses no with know or to with too or two, knows the rules of grammar and punctuation. My right brain, however, knows how to fall into the story and live it, and doesn’t worry overmuch about getting the damned thing down on paper in left-brain-satisfactory fashion.
I’m ass-deep in right brain typos today, and my left brain is exercising its powers of profanity getting the mess straightened out. Nearly to the halfway point, though. Have to be to at least page 620 when I knock off for the day. LONG way yet to go.
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3 Responses to “Left Brain, Right Brain”
said on September 4th, 2006 at 2:36 pm
I feel your pain. I have a right brain, left brain battle over certain words. Every time I type “their”, my left brain intervenes and puts a halt to the flow of the writing. My left brain has to make sure my right brain has the right “there/their”.
said on September 4th, 2006 at 6:34 pm
Isn’t it a pain?
said on September 7th, 2006 at 8:37 pm
A big pain. I hate having my writing flow interupted by the spelling and style voices in my head.
One of the things I hear often as I type away is this: “You have started 3 out of the last 5 paragraphs with the main character’s name.”
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