Writing Blocks

I have found my writing process to be odd.

I have this strange concept of the writers of old toiling away at their typewriters (in the days before Word Processors and cheaply available printers) crafting their story as they went, surrounded by Dictionaries and Thesauri (is that the correct pluralisation?). Well, even if that WAS the past, this is the future, DTP, more fonts than you could imagine and formatting options to keep you busy until the next millennium, but you still have to write.

I'm finding myself instead of sitting in front of my laptop and writing, that instead I'm printing my chapters out and re-writing material using editor's remarks. It seems to work for me, but I feel bad about wasting so much paper (I use scrap wherever possible), but then I do use as much of the paper before adding it to my word files.

Still, this combing technique works for me. So far I have been able to complete 4 main chapters, each one focusing on a different character. For me this novel is something unique in that it concentrates much more on characterisation than any fantasy novel before it. Motivation is crucial.

I am now up to 168 pages, and rising.