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Writing is haaaaaaaard. But so much fun!
I'm currently editing my original fic, one I'm self-publishing, and quite glad my brother brought the need for another edit to my attention. Yeah, I know, it's my book so I'm probably not the one who should be editing it, but it's been a few years since I've read it so it's all nice and fresh to me. Plus I've increased my writing skill since I wrote it and have been making changes like crazy. It's tough since I've already read the book three times, so this fourth read isn't quite as pleasent. But I'm plowing through and finding some pleasure in how cleaned up the book is getting. No way will I start my writing career off with poorly written crap.
I wish my laptop would get here so I can get cracking on more original fics. I have so many that a lot of them probably aren't even going to be written. Which isn't a bad thing. I have a story list and, going back over that list, I have found many ideas I have either forgotten about or that just plain suck. Yeah, there's a lot that's not going to be written.
But that still leaves plenty to be written. My main problem is I keep turning everything into either an epic or a series, because the ideas are just so dang fun I don't want to stop plotting them out. Then I go to write said epic or series and I hit many a snag (mostly because I rush into things). I even have one story, book one of a whopper of an epic, that I'm going to totally rewrite.
Yeah, writing's a pain, but I do enjoy it so. My biggest advice when it comes to writing is outline, outline, outline. Never just jump into a story, plan it out from start to finish, or start and finish leaving the middle open for anything to happen, even if you just plot things out in your head. Never start a story you don't intend to finish, and go back and start it over if you have to. I've made the mistake of not going back to stories, and have been unable to go back ever since though people have asked about those particular stories. WIPs are evil.
I'm currently editing my original fic, one I'm self-publishing, and quite glad my brother brought the need for another edit to my attention. Yeah, I know, it's my book so I'm probably not the one who should be editing it, but it's been a few years since I've read it so it's all nice and fresh to me. Plus I've increased my writing skill since I wrote it and have been making changes like crazy. It's tough since I've already read the book three times, so this fourth read isn't quite as pleasent. But I'm plowing through and finding some pleasure in how cleaned up the book is getting. No way will I start my writing career off with poorly written crap.
I wish my laptop would get here so I can get cracking on more original fics. I have so many that a lot of them probably aren't even going to be written. Which isn't a bad thing. I have a story list and, going back over that list, I have found many ideas I have either forgotten about or that just plain suck. Yeah, there's a lot that's not going to be written.
But that still leaves plenty to be written. My main problem is I keep turning everything into either an epic or a series, because the ideas are just so dang fun I don't want to stop plotting them out. Then I go to write said epic or series and I hit many a snag (mostly because I rush into things). I even have one story, book one of a whopper of an epic, that I'm going to totally rewrite.
Yeah, writing's a pain, but I do enjoy it so. My biggest advice when it comes to writing is outline, outline, outline. Never just jump into a story, plan it out from start to finish, or start and finish leaving the middle open for anything to happen, even if you just plot things out in your head. Never start a story you don't intend to finish, and go back and start it over if you have to. I've made the mistake of not going back to stories, and have been unable to go back ever since though people have asked about those particular stories. WIPs are evil.
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Date: 2007-06-27 07:26 pm (UTC)From:I also tend to be vague in my outlines. I've heard that a lot of authors will plan practically each paragraph of a story out, which, to me, sucks all the fun out of it. I like to keep my outlines vauge. "Bad guys come, fight scene," then what happens in the story is totally different than what I'd written in the outline. Because, yeah, without a little leeway to allow for anything to happen, the story becomes too dull to write.