Writing and literary metaphors

[icepixie]

I hate it when I run into my own personal white whales. Ever have an idea that you desperately want to get onto paper, but no matter how many times you try, it never comes out as bright and shiny as it is in your head? I've got one of those right now...I've written the thing (~1000 words) three times now, from different points of view, tenses, etc. etc., while keeping the same basic concept, and no matter what I do, it just doesn't turn out. I hate it when this happens.

*goes off to write fourth version of idea*

Comments

[spleeny.livejournal.com]

Okay, first off, the white whale thing? Much funnier if taken literally. :)

Second, this is the beauty of Nick-Type Procrastination. If you put it off long enough, the paper has to be good because you're not getting another shot at it. Although that might not be a good solution for an English major...

[icepixie]

Okay, first off, the white whale thing? Much funnier if taken literally. :)

Yes, it is. "Hi, I have a white whale. I keep it in my bathtub."

Second, this is the beauty of Nick-Type Procrastination. If you put it off long enough, the paper has to be good because you're not getting another shot at it. Although that might not be a good solution for an English major...

Oh, if only...

[spleeny.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is. "Hi, I have a white whale. I keep it in my bathtub."

You're out jogging around the neighborhood and run into it. "Ow! Not again! Get back into the tub!"

[icepixie]

New meaning to "concrete surfing."

And totally unrelated, but in Target today, I saw a tee-shirt that had "Give peas a chance" screenprinted on it and thought of you. Heh.

[spleeny.livejournal.com]

The bad-pun version of a John Lennon line? Why would you think of me? :)

[icepixie]

*whistles innocently* Oh, no reason...