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Writing can be fun. Sometimes it is an emotional dump.

Oh agreed! My main character in my Traipah novels, Nokwahl Vii'ah'dah, has things in common with me. Well, she was raped as a child, and I have never been raped, but she and I have suffering and strength in common. Though she's doing better than I am: I envy her!

Sometimes it is an emotional pump :D For long stuff I find it hard work. I have the attention span of a gnat at times and I have to work at it to keep working.

I generally have a very poor attention span, too, but if I am "in the zone," which happens more in my Traipah stories than any other stories, I can write 10 or 20 pages at once before getting tired. I become posessed of manic energy and single-mindedness when I'm in the zone.

As to how my thinking affects my writing - I've had many comments over the years as to how visual my work is. I've also got a slightly odd way of writing, both in the way I structure my paragraphs and my turn of phrase.

I haven't had much constructive critique of my fiction, but in my non-fiction, it seems I have a tendency to write in... what was the phrase? Ah yes: second person. Which is odd, because I didn't even know what second person WAS until she said that and I looked it up. I also tend to be overly verbose, apparently.

But as a visual thinker, I'm totally fascinated to learn how other people think. My hubby doesn't think visually, but he can't seem to describe how he thinks in a way I can visualise to understand it :D So thanks for babbling on :D I dare you to babble more.

Hubby... he. *Thinks* Would I be right to assume you're female, then?

You might find this funny: normally, online, I assume new people are female unless I find out otherwise, but use genderless terms in relation to them. In your case, however, I assumed you were male. No idea why.