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Post by moonmomma on Mar 5, 2010 15:35:14 GMT -5
What is the hardest part of the writing process for you?
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For me, it's big scenes. They're usually very complicated, with a lot of things going on that have to work together just right and lots of emotion, and I just know it isn't going to come out the way I have it worked out in my head. That's where I set my timer and just write for the sake of getting the words down, knowing that later I can go back and work on it until it's just right.
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Post by plasticat on Mar 24, 2010 20:15:57 GMT -5
Continuing something from where I left off on a day or so before. The idea that I had is gone. Gotta come up with a new one. Oh, and anything that doesn't have much action. The Traveler was easy for me to write because each part was 300 words and fairly action-y. I am currently attempting to write Population: 200, but it's just not action-y enough. It always was my least favorite of my ideas...
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Post by moonmomma on Mar 24, 2010 21:50:19 GMT -5
Continuing something from where I left off on a day or so before. The idea that I had is gone. Gotta come up with a new one. my trick for avoiding that problem is to stop while I still have one more sentence i want to write. Or I write half of it and then stop. It's hard to do, but helps me know where to start next time. |
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Post by plasticat on Apr 15, 2010 22:31:06 GMT -5
The only problem with that is that it usually when I'm writing in school, during study hall. When the bell rings, I can't stay, I have to go right then. And I've tried stopping halfway through a sentence, and, to put it mildly, it failed miserably. It ended not making sense...
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Post by moonmomma on Apr 15, 2010 22:38:43 GMT -5
ooh, yeah, okay. having to stop at a particular time that you have no control over can mess you up.
I haven't used the stopping in the middle of a sentence trick very often - it is hard to do. Mostly when I'm afraid I won't know what to write after that sentence. Sometimes picking up with the conclusion of an idea I already had gets the ball rolling the next time I sit down to write, sometimes it doesn't.
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