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Seriously, I'm loving my new original story to bits. I want to hug it, I look forward to writing it, I get annoyed with myself if I stop or don't set enough time aside during the day to write (when, in fact, I have plenty of time). And hopefully saying all this won't scare the muses off (it tends to happen when I talk about projects to the public). Except this isn't me bragging and tempting fate since I'm still writing so have no real idea of how the story is turning out. It's just... I'm really enjoying myself with this one, and kicking myself that I didn't write it sooner though I had the desire to do so for some time.
It's also confirming what I'd already figured out about myself - that I need outlines like you wouldn't believe and that I'm very much a linear writer. I hear people talk of having particular scenes in their heads that they write down as those scenes come, and what I've come to realize is that my scenes aren't so much scenes as images with a lot of fill-in-the-blanks. It's stuff happening, but I don't know why, or when, or what's being said, and won't know until I've written whatever comes before that scene. It's what I mean when I say what comes before inspires what comes after, because the scene may be fully formed image-wise but all the little details - what is said, what happened to lead to that scene and so on - can't be added until I know where the scene sits in the grand scheme of the story.
And it's nice to have my method of writing fully figured out and to let that method have its way with the story. I've been whipping through this thing pretty quick and am now at 44,000+ words. I'm writing almost every day while my last story - the one that was like plowing through waist-high mud - I was lucky to write a few paragraphs a week.
Again, not bragging, just basking in the relief of a cooperative story. My last story was such a struggle that I was afraid all my stories would be like it. I expect some stories will give me trouble while others I'll breeze through, but it's good to know that not every single story will be a struggle.
That said, I still have to read through the new story when it's done. That part I'm a tad nervous about since you don't truly know what a story is up to until it's written and read, so for all I know the editing aspect will be what gives me grief. On the other hand, it's been my experience that a story that starts off cooperative stays cooperative.
It's also confirming what I'd already figured out about myself - that I need outlines like you wouldn't believe and that I'm very much a linear writer. I hear people talk of having particular scenes in their heads that they write down as those scenes come, and what I've come to realize is that my scenes aren't so much scenes as images with a lot of fill-in-the-blanks. It's stuff happening, but I don't know why, or when, or what's being said, and won't know until I've written whatever comes before that scene. It's what I mean when I say what comes before inspires what comes after, because the scene may be fully formed image-wise but all the little details - what is said, what happened to lead to that scene and so on - can't be added until I know where the scene sits in the grand scheme of the story.
And it's nice to have my method of writing fully figured out and to let that method have its way with the story. I've been whipping through this thing pretty quick and am now at 44,000+ words. I'm writing almost every day while my last story - the one that was like plowing through waist-high mud - I was lucky to write a few paragraphs a week.
Again, not bragging, just basking in the relief of a cooperative story. My last story was such a struggle that I was afraid all my stories would be like it. I expect some stories will give me trouble while others I'll breeze through, but it's good to know that not every single story will be a struggle.
That said, I still have to read through the new story when it's done. That part I'm a tad nervous about since you don't truly know what a story is up to until it's written and read, so for all I know the editing aspect will be what gives me grief. On the other hand, it's been my experience that a story that starts off cooperative stays cooperative.
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Date: 2011-11-27 06:39 pm (UTC)From:I not only have that capacity but also dialog
When I visualize scenes or hear dialog in my mind, I jot it all down
no matter where I am.
I have even been known to pull over to the side of the road and make notes in a little notebook my sister gave me....of course for other uses, but hey it works for me when it comes to ff too....
:D
BUT trouble is my document right now is so full of notes and scenes that I
frankly am wondering where this is all going??
So, it is nice to see you say you have figured it out.
I salute you.................
I am hopeful one day to get all my material shuffled into some semblance of order and I can finally post To Whom It May Concern.
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Date: 2011-11-30 12:06 am (UTC)From:Which is probably why I'm not much of a note-taker, at least not until I'm ready to write the story. I'll plan the story, come up with various scenes, but I won't write anything down until I know the direction the story is going (and whether or not I actually want to write it).
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Date: 2011-11-30 12:12 am (UTC)From:That was all started by a vivid dream I had
I have had similar surrounding Sheppard too......Okay I'll say it,
I must be losing it......now you don't have to wonder
:D