Clarissa Writes:
One of my writing quirks…
BICHOK- Butt in Chair. Hands on Keyboard.
I’m sure you’ve heard that phrase often enough if you’re a
writer. Well, if you’re a reader, then you just learned something new!
BICHOK isn’t a phrase that I take easily. It’s really hard
for me to focus on things, especially when I have a million things to do. You
should seriously see my to-do list. It’s quite scary. Without it, I would be
confused, disoriented, and even more scattered without my day planner.
I have a calendar on every device you could possibly think
of, and it all has to sync. Color-coded. But before I can actually start
writing and doing my BICHOK thing, I have to have paper…and color pens. If they
have sparkles and glitter, even better! I love making lists. I love plotting on
paper the old fashioned way. I know I could type it all up and save it in nifty
folders on my computer, but I find that I enjoy writing out ideas with colorful
pens then stuffing the colorful sheets of papers in their correct folders, so I
don’t lose anything.
Each of my heroes and heroines are assigned a color then
they go into the correct color folder also. So any notes that are made, has to
have the right color. Or I would have to write it over in the right color
later.
Even my folders and calendars on my computers are
color-labeled. Everything gets assigned a color label. If they were colored
wrong, I would be confused.
So when I’m actually writing a story, it gets assigned a
specific color that coordinates with the color of the pub that I’m aiming for
it to go to. Just so I don’t get confused.
My character/GMC white boards are all color-coded. Have I
told you I love color markers? With glitter?
I guess I shouldn’t talk about my color-coded
spreadsheets then, huh? So before I can do anything BICHOK, my colors have to
be in the right place. My notes have to have been color labeled and written in
the correct color before I can actually start writing. Think I’m weird? I’m
sure there are crazier people out there than me!
So, what about you? What are your writing quirks?
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