For a long time I have “perceived” an audience I semi-consciously tried to reach as I wrote. Who is your intended, or ideal, audience? Who do you write for? Each new beginning took decades of adjustments. But I have immigrated twice, each time settling in a new language, and restarting from zero. Which means I have done it for a lifetime. How long have you been writing? When did you start writing?Īs a child. Meaning a night, because the time I devote to such practice is nocturnal. The third unwritten rule is that I devote time to review, rewrite, polish drafts, submit, edit, take care of all publishing practices, as often as possibly-daily is the ideal, and I rarely skip a day. That thing, whatever it is, will be laid on paper, always.

Two-if something comes to mind I feel I should (or would like to) write, I have a deal with myself: yes, I will. But I have few “unwritten writing rules.” One is embedded in my previous answers: the first drafts inevitably occur in the open-interstitial, impromptu, spontaneous, free. So… I write by hand, yes, and I review on a computer. I confess having tried a lip liner, once, with poor results. As for the tracing instrument, everything goes. I can write between lines, around lines, on top of them. I am amazed at the variety of matter that might work. Luckily, I seem to have developed the ability of finding anything writable-upon. What kind of materials do you use? Do you write by hand or type? What is your favorite writing utensil? I said: “as it comes to the creative process.” I review, of course, on a computer, mostly at home. Hospital waiting rooms (how many of those…) My car, if I have arrived earlier for a commitment. I can start scribbling whenever the occasion presents itself. They are various and unpredictable (the spaces), as I always carry a tiny notebook along. How did you guess? Yes, I work in public spaces, as it comes to the creative process. Do you work at home, in public spaces, etc.?

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