NTB/LNH: Classic LNH Adventures #234: JONG #69 'An Elsewhirl!'

[Arthur Spitzer]

On Monday, February 28, 2022 at 11:04:36 AM UTC-7, Jeanne Morningstar wrote:
> On 2/27/22 3:12 PM, Arthur Spitzer wrote: 
> 
> > Part of why I never bothered to write it was because I wanted to make it 
> > the greatest thing ever (which is also why I couldn't finish the 
> > original Jong #6 that I had plotted way back in '96). There for the 
> > only way I could ever possibly write this would be instead to try and 
> > make this the worst issue of Jong ever. And that's what I did. 
> > 
> > So this isn't the greatest thing I ever wrote, but it's not the worst 
> > thing either. I kind of wish this was a lot better, but it is what it is. 
> > 
> >
> Lol, I know that one. I think a lot of us do. I know the old saying 
> about how to get good writing you have to just write, but it's still 
> hard to remember sometimes. 
> 

Yeah, I think back in the 90s (which is when I first thought about making
JONG #69) my writing mode was kind of think of a good first sentence and
then think of a good second sentence and keep doing that till you reach the
end of your story, which often led to 'I can't think of a good first sentence -- guess I'll
give up!'  Now days my method is usually write something anything even if
it seems bad and maybe when it's done perhaps I can polish it up a bit
(or just leave it on my laptop and forget about it)...

Arthur "Writing.." Spitzer