illness and writing progress

[edenfalling]

Am sick. This is not good. It's one of those not-quite-a-fever things, with runny mucous that's heading down my throat instead of out my nose. Can we say "Hello, slab of raw meat masquerading as your throat, coming to Ithaca in 24 hours tops?" Yes we can.

Argh.

However, while illness means I have a distressing tendency to lose the threads of my thoughts before I reach the end of a scene -- which makes it very hard to stay coherent through writing a work of fiction -- it also apparently loosens me up enough to write sex. So. "Locked Room Problems," that Giles and Indiana Jones story, is all done except the falling action, and falling action is a lot easier to write than sex. I hate writing semi-graphic sex scenes, but that story was constructed in a fashion that wouldn't let me elide it.

And I got another 200 words of "Guardian" as well.

I still wish I weren't sick, though. My typing is getting seriously dyslexic.

Comments

[annearchy.livejournal.com]

Feel better soon, Liz. I can barely write when I'm well, much less when I'm sick. *pets you*

[edenfalling]

Thanks. I'm keeping warm and drinking lots of juice, so I have hopes of recovering by Wednesday or Thursday. *sigh*

[alliancesjr.livejournal.com]

I, too, have experienced the creativity-enhancing aspects of illness, as well as the various thought-derailing that occurs through it all. Frankly, I'm glad that I've never written anything while sick, else my friends would all be given copies of How I was Chased Down the Hallway by the Number Nine.

I certainly hope you feel better soon.

[edenfalling]

By the time I get that sick, I've usually lost my time-sense, and can sit staring at a single sentence for ten minutes and still have no clue what I just typed at the end of it. (This makes reading fiction a rather interesting adventure, since I waver back and forth between clarity and "Where the hell did the last twenty pages go?")

[alliancesjr.livejournal.com]

I rarely get sick, but when I do, watch out.

I'm usually fairly lucid, and can focus on whatever. I actually prefer being more active when I'm sick than when I'm not.

Just...don't expect me to have any grand ideas, or let me construct a monorail. I'm not kidding about the number nine thing; I get weird dreams when I'm ill.

[gsyh.livejournal.com]

//And I got another 200 words of "Guardian" as well.//

Yay!

Also, try Chinese Ginger Tea, it's a bit spicy and you might feel like something is burning, but it clears your sinuses. That or just buy a...stump(?) of chinese ginger, make a soup by boiling it with an egg, I think? Or boil it with coca-cola and a slice of lemon.

[edenfalling]

Yes, spices do wonders for clearing out the sinuses. However, I'm mostly relying on chicken soup, hot showers (steam is my friend!), juice, and sleep. The sleep is the really important part. Already I have moved past the semi-feverish stage to the blinding sinus headache and stuffy nose stage. I'm more physically uncomfortable, but my mind is much clearer. :-)

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[gsyh.livejournal.com]

I just checked my email, thank you for answering so many questions! From now on though, I'll probably review your fics through LJ and ask my questions there, even if I read it by FF.Net, because usually, I check my email just short of a month...