Mostly the constraint that was going through my mind during the exercise was "OMG, George fucking Saunders might read this." I am going to try and channel more of the 'just for fun' attitude' in all my writing.
Mostly the constraint that was going through my mind during the exercise was "OMG, George fucking Saunders might read this." I am going to try and channel more of the 'just for fun' attitude' in all my writing.
I was incredibly stressed by the thought of people reading it, and I'm not sure why I posted mine, but in the end the thought of having an audience of any sort turned into a good incentive.
Nail. On. The. Head. My other constraint, because I've been listening to him read "Tenth of December," was, "Don't sound like him. Sound like him = failure. Not good."
Mostly the constraint that was going through my mind during the exercise was "OMG, George fucking Saunders might read this." I am going to try and channel more of the 'just for fun' attitude' in all my writing.
I was incredibly stressed by the thought of people reading it, and I'm not sure why I posted mine, but in the end the thought of having an audience of any sort turned into a good incentive.
I don't know if he read mine, but I've decided to tell myself he did.
Haha! Brilliant. ThatтАЩs the proper use of constraint, I think.
IтАЩm often rewriting with someone in mind. Very good motivation for checks and balances.
Nail. On. The. Head. My other constraint, because I've been listening to him read "Tenth of December," was, "Don't sound like him. Sound like him = failure. Not good."
Luckily, I didn't get to mine for over a day, so I was thinking, George may not get to this one. Whew! Pressure's off!
Same here! Took me a week!