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Madman, Architect, Carpenter, Judge
Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker…
No, wait. That’s not what this is about. This is not all the things I’ll consider becoming if’n a contract doesn’t cross my desk soon. I’m probably not giving credit where credit is due, so help me out if you’ve heard this from someone legit before, but I heard a discussion of this the other day and it stuck with me.
It’s about the writing process, see?
At first, allow yourself to be the Madman - free write, free associate, dance naked around the computer keyboard, whatever gets you there…
Next, become the Architect - plan a little, structure things, lay this thing out here and that thing there…
After that, come back as the Carpenter - fix what’s squeaking, what’s hanging down where nothing should be, and saw off the sticking out bits from the standing up ones…
Lastly, come back as the Judge - be one of those nasty ones from daytime TV if you must, but finetune with a critical eye, edit ruthlessly and be honest with yourself and the piece…
I’ll be in and out today, but I’d love to hear your take on this, see if anyone’s heard it before, and hear about what profession you mask yourself as during your process. And maybe later, I’ll upload the video of me going through my process onto YouTube - you’ll have to check it out to see if I was just making up the “dance naked” part… 