Is it me, or is it like some perverse wrestling sculpture event? It’s like cooking, or carpentry. There’s heavy lifting and assembly and then disassembly when you inevitably get a joist wrong. And there’s a lot of staring. And pressure. And waiting.
Scripts for me can grind, sure, but the grind is different, spooling too far too fast in a direction that I later realize doesn’t work. Lots of spooling. Tire smoke.
But this theory thinky stuff is a different thing, like trying to walk through gel. Pushing through. Stopping for a breather. Is it always like this? Does it loosen up the more you get used to it?
Or is it easier for some people? I can completely understand if it’s not the kind of thing I’ve got a knack for. I dunno.
For me the theory stuff and the writing stuff are both gel. One part of the brain broods on the field of study until it gives birth to a handful of insights. Another part dresses the insights in clothes of words so they are fit to be seen in public.