What Goes On Before The Write

The playlist was going on all day, blaring out sound from the speakers Occasionally, she'd sing it out loud. Stare at the document, close it again. Get up. Walk around the house. Gulp down three glasses of water. Then she'd return and draw, make her character come to life, create a visual impression of him. More music. Some TV to inspire. A talk with someone, discuss the details, sketch it out some more. Ask questions to herself, to others, seek answers and ideas which could be implemented. And occasionally that stroke of longing, of desire, to write it down, and that moment when you said this was it. You bring the document back up again. You ignore what's already in it. And write.

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