Musing About 4 am writing

[lady_windermere]

So anyone else find themselves with the dreaded bunny at four am, demanding to be written. Anyone find you best work (in my case after a beta has looked at it, usually full of silly, sleepy, mistakes) is done at that time?

Comments

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hee! You're the second person on my flist to do a post about this today

Yes, I get like that sometimes too

[http://users.livejournal.com/woman_of_/]

Much as I adore having a story to write, 4am is not perfect! Glad it is not just me!

[kitty-poker1.livejournal.com]

I nearly always write at some godawful time of night. Sometimes all night because I'm so slow. Even 2,000 words can take six hours. There aren't so many distractions and ideas and lines come easier and if I've been hit by a bunny, it's useless even trying to sleep. *g*

[http://users.livejournal.com/woman_of_/]

Evil, Evil bunnies! But I love them anyway! *g*

[jans-intentions.livejournal.com]

Uh, yeah, that would be me. But I don't think I made a lot of mistakes. It came out pretty clean. I didn't send it to mine cause I only send her things if I've committed to writing them.

Now I have too many ideas for spangel.

[http://users.livejournal.com/woman_of_/]

The mistakes I make are usually really silly ones that are hard to pick up like is instead of it, or he instead of she.....but they are mine. The fingers are not up to the task, they are still asleep with me!

:-*

[nimenic.livejournal.com]

Hee...since I just spent last night around 4 am writing I think I have too agree with you. I don't know why but I sometimes perfer writing at night since that when the evil plot bunnies attack. *g*

[http://users.livejournal.com/woman_of_/]

I sometimes get evil plot bunnies at night as well.....sometimes when I am alsleep and dreaming.....don't know what do to with the one I had yesterday with Spike/Conner!

[nimenic.livejournal.com]

Spike/Conner!
You should definitely write it. It's such a rare paring or at least I think it is. Since I've mostly seen Angel/Connor.

I hate when the evil bunnies attack you in your dreams because you can never remember them the next morning and if you do you end up losing half of the details anyway.

[redsrule1.livejournal.com]

I had to make a rule to stop writing at about 9pm, otherwise I get on a roll and then my brain won't shut up and let me sleep, even after I've committed every bunny I've got to paper.

Actually, some of my best work lately comes on Thursday morning when I'm desperate to finish this week's episode. But I guess that's pretty common-- desperation or sleep deprivation bypasses the internal censor.

[http://users.livejournal.com/woman_of_/]

The stumulated brain just on overdrive, at all the wrong times as well. One of the reasons I don't want to do seasonal communities this year. Got nothing for them and it is desperation to do something on the day.

Your story is progressing so well. Yes some great work there.

[redsrule1.livejournal.com]

Got nothing for them and it is desperation to do something on the day
I understand that. Don't want it to become a chore. That's what I'm hoping my fic doesn't become.

[wildannuette.livejournal.com]

*nods* I have done at times yeah, i just find the muses obey sods law and its usually when you are so damn tired, far too busy or nowhere near a pen that they strike lol and plot bunnies take over *hugs*

[http://users.livejournal.com/woman_of_/]

Yeah, completely feel for you, that is what happens to me! Perverse creatures plot bunnies. No wonder Anya was frightened of them :-)