I’m so glad I’m not the person to do the editing on my book. This kind of work makes me go all confused in the head. I spent a lot of time one-spacing all the long quotes when they were supposed to be double-spaced. It’s just not something I should be doing.
I have a funny brain. People install apps that lock down their computer and prevent them from accessing Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and other distractors while they work. I, on the other hand, can only work in the mode of
“As borders grow increasingly porous to the flows of capital and the migratory currents that accompany the unconstrained – ah, wait! let me Google that turkey brine recipe – a new blog comment, let’s see – by the way, what is the English for “despotricar” – ha ha, that’s a funny show I’m watching on etvnet – to the flows of capital and the migratory currents. . .”
And that’s how I produce huge quantities of text. Put me in front of a screen with no distractions, and I’ll never write anything. I have very intense and fascinating thoughts and if I don’t drown them out with all these media, I won’t be able to write.
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I think I might understand how you operate, as I am similar.
I often say that even with varied stimulation I am really bored; my husband doesn’t believe me. For instance, I will read a book and watch a movie and also check my phone. I link it to parallel processing, in that there are multiple CPUs in my brain capable of handling vast amounts of information, and keeping only a couple of them occupied at the same time still leaves me really bored. I need to have many different stimuli at the same time to be completely happy and engaged (that’s why I write while listening to blasting music through headphones half the time and often check email and blogs).
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That EXACTLY what it is like. It totally feels like multiple CPUs. And it’s the first time I feel so understood. It’s great to know I’m not a freak. Maybe it’s a scholar thing.
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