Writing with a clear mind...

I am just finishing up chapter 4 of "Super Derek" [SDU] and some writers say I have a clear mind for writing it. So I replied I might be able to teach it and what better way than to write it on DogBlots. Here are just 3 steps to getting into character,

1. I wrote this before: a writer is an interpreter of complex situations, even epic plotlines, a masterful weave of subplots. When you write, realize that you have created a story -even a voice (a narrator or pov) but it has no life. Your job is to be that spark that gets the engine pumping. And being a spark is as simple as doing the thing warranted again and again until the chord changes, the fingers shift and it repeats again and again,
2. The next most important thing I noticed writers ask me is: how to write good dialogue or descriptions. The answer is simply to become an actor in your own story. Try it out from different perspectives and if it sounds weird or unnatural to rewrite it, sometimes as a version of a stereotype / trope / what have you. Something contextually fresh would be nice to see.
3. Finally, the least important thing: always write when you can imagine you are alone. You may not be, but if you could imagine that nobody is following your thoughts, or peering at you thru your window. The secret is to possibly build up a lot of passive followers (old trick) and push out the insistent nosy ones. Sometimes, just do something else for a while. I code when I can't write and vice versa.

Now I have 1.5k words left to write in SDU tonight. And these are important words. It's already past 11pm.

Brushed and took my meds. Worked out, all circa 1am. Another 1k words to write before I can upload chapter 4 at 3am. 

2am and I have to flesh out the rock concert I started, in another 700 or so words while witches consume my loved ones far and near. This is the good fight -a battle unto the last. Also have to learn about 'pacing' -something AI says I lack.

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Fighting hand tooth and nail with the organized witchcraft all around the world. We've decided to rush them with many minds and shake them upside down. It always works.

Still haven't finished section 7 of chapter 4 of SDU. Kinda forget what it's included for. But there must be a celebration of sorts -partying in the calm before the storm. I just don't know how to party in a readable way.

Finished lunch. Heading out in 2 hours. May trudge to Taman Jaya as exercise, on the way home. Stomach seems settled. Still suffering from writer's block.

Am back from Decathlon with a 99RM pair of Quechua sandals. Pretty good but a little bit heavy. Needs some adjustment to the Velcro straps. I have a good way of ending section 7 chp 4 now but I need to think some more. It's mainly about the witches' modus operandi and their plan unfurling, how Derek still gets thrown in the way by the powers that be.

It was too early to start something big so I rested the chapter and focused on the wedding in chapter 5 instead -a release and a fulfillment of all the positive things in the novel. As usual it has 8 parts where I normally like 5 or 6. This keeps me thinking and on my toes. The word quota is 200 below but I'll make it up this chapter. Hope to do half of it tonight, late. It parallels my own wedding fantasy with my ex-GF.