Comments on: Moments Unlived http://othermatters.org/2006/08/20/test-2/ CONTEMPORARY MUSLIM REFLECTIONS ON THE BREADTH OF LIFE Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:14:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: U Bhatti http://othermatters.org/2006/08/20/test-2/#comment-672 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:50:26 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/test-2/#comment-672 agreed. unexpectedly and without cue – meaning, it just… happens. what’s really interesting for me is what i consider worth editing and what i absolutely refuse to touch. i haven’t figured out what the criteria for those two categories are – some stuff, i just labor at, spending hours upon hours tweaking, and other stuff, i can’t change once it’s out. is this an issue for anyone else?

]]> By: ABD http://othermatters.org/2006/08/20/test-2/#comment-660 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:30:24 +0000 http://othermatters.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/test-2/#comment-660 your post raises a very interesting question: what compels us to write (or, alternatively, keeps us from it). my guess is that all the ‘mental’ writing you describe will eventually find its own way onto the page. at least in my own case, something has to percolate for quite a while before it falls out–often unexpectedly and without cue.

i think there’s something indirect about the transition from mental to physical writing. you can’t think it through, and you certainly can’t force it. the best you can do is stimulate (and then wait).

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