To me, when I have a beginning and an end, the middle more or less grows on it's on accord, because, after all, I somehow have to develop everything so that I end up with exactly this end. The direct way rarely works, after all, you have to pay attention to the characters - plus, I often get ideas while writing. ConCurrent was such a case - I had the basic idea, and I knew I wanted to end it all with the "checkmate", everything else came later. Even the secret messages Neal send were a spur of the moment idea, because I didn't want him totally helpless, and that was the only way he still could fight. What I can't do is writing without an end - I need to know where I'll end up, or I'm floudering.
If I'm stuck, there are some solutions. 1. Just trying to write. Sometimes the right solution comes while writing. 2. Skipping ahead and writing what already is in my head - I can look if I manage to connect the scenes later on. 3. Trying a different angle - a different kind of narration (for one shots), a different PoV, perhaps I just summarize the part I have difficulties to write. 4. Editing - that's very difficult to do, but sometimes it's better to leave out something I've already written. 5. Research - research gives me the best ideas. But it's also a very dangerous thing to do, because sometimes I'm researching something to dead. My research and backstories are sometimes longer than the actual story.
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Date: 2011-09-20 08:19 am (UTC)From:To me, when I have a beginning and an end, the middle more or less grows on it's on accord, because, after all, I somehow have to develop everything so that I end up with exactly this end. The direct way rarely works, after all, you have to pay attention to the characters - plus, I often get ideas while writing. ConCurrent was such a case - I had the basic idea, and I knew I wanted to end it all with the "checkmate", everything else came later. Even the secret messages Neal send were a spur of the moment idea, because I didn't want him totally helpless, and that was the only way he still could fight.
What I can't do is writing without an end - I need to know where I'll end up, or I'm floudering.
If I'm stuck, there are some solutions.
1. Just trying to write. Sometimes the right solution comes while writing.
2. Skipping ahead and writing what already is in my head - I can look if I manage to connect the scenes later on.
3. Trying a different angle - a different kind of narration (for one shots), a different PoV, perhaps I just summarize the part I have difficulties to write.
4. Editing - that's very difficult to do, but sometimes it's better to leave out something I've already written.
5. Research - research gives me the best ideas. But it's also a very dangerous thing to do, because sometimes I'm researching something to dead. My research and backstories are sometimes longer than the actual story.