From: A_Tina_Hall@kruemel.org   
      
   On 19.02.19, Capuchin   wrote:   
   > On 18 Feb 2019 "A. Tina Hall"  wrote:   
   >> On 18.02.19, Capuchin   wrote:   
      
   >> What's with the top-posting?   
      
   > Sorry. I didn't have time to reply when I saw your post, and then   
   > (hangs head in shame) forgot to do it the next time. I was in   
   > five-minutes-before-the-computer-shuts-down-for-the-night mode when I   
   > remembered, so just blasted forward without thinking.   
      
   Oh, ok.   
      
   You have a weird computer, with it shutting down just like that. :) Why   
   does it do that?   
      
   >>> I'm constantly amazed that parts flow so well and fit so seamlessly   
   >>> whenever I reread the parts I do by 'automatic writing' (i.e. a   
   >>> first sentence comes to me, I write it down, and a second one just   
   >>> seems to follow of its own accord without my having to wrench it   
   >>> from its lair, beat it into submission, and then cram it into   
   >>> whatever odd-shaped hole I've created which needs plugging).   
   >>   
   >> Me too, but now I forgot how I did that!   
      
   > I long ago accepted that I know nothing about good writing -- it   
   > either happens or it doesn't. Enjoy it when it comes along, learn not   
   > to dread the times it can't be found in a million words.   
      
   Ah, I won't capitulate!   
      
   >> Rereading, or just while writing, sometimes I noticed stuff that had   
   >> to be fixed, like things coming out of the blue requiring me to add   
   >> stuff so it would not look like cheating or stupid characters not   
   >> doing something they should have.   
      
   > I hate those times. It's like noticing that the fabric doesn't drape   
   > naturally on one of the Mona Lisa's arms and wanting to take the   
   > supplies from a paint-by-numbers kit to fix it.   
      
   Hehe.   
      
   I tend to dread over-doing the fix, mentioning something too often, for   
   example.   
      
   >> So, how do I go about getting that method of writing back; just   
   >> doing it without thinking too much? Any idea?   
      
   > None. Sorry. If I know how to write well on command, I'd do it all   
   > the time myself, and I'd never, never, never tell anyone the secret!   
      
   Rotfl. Right you are!   
      
   (Don't forget the getting stinking rich bit that'll make that plan   
   profitable. :) )   
      
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