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I got introduced to something yesterday that helped me get writing. It's called Write or Die
Just a tip, take it or leave it!
Edited because I have done html all day so couldn't do this brackets business.
Just a tip, take it or leave it!
Edited because I have done html all day so couldn't do this brackets business.
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- Giovanni Schwartz
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My writing technique switches back and forth between linear and random. Some of my best stories were when I wrote a couple of 'core scenes' then worked out from them (that's the style my Creative Writing prof used), but I've also gone linearly just with a word prompt in mind to keep me moving forward. I've had real stinkers coming from both those methods as well, so it's not hard and fast.
At the moment, I'm trying to work on something I started 3 years ago and gave up on, probably because I was trying to go linearly and little kids just aren't as interesting as teenagers. I think I'm going to give up and scrap it. I have a couple scenes in mind for a new one and I want to write them and leave the poor little gen girl in her straits.
I've never written a novel using random scenes, though, so I don't know if it's the best way. But if it's the way your muse works, I say keep at it! You can always rewrite later, right?
At the moment, I'm trying to work on something I started 3 years ago and gave up on, probably because I was trying to go linearly and little kids just aren't as interesting as teenagers. I think I'm going to give up and scrap it. I have a couple scenes in mind for a new one and I want to write them and leave the poor little gen girl in her straits.
I've never written a novel using random scenes, though, so I don't know if it's the best way. But if it's the way your muse works, I say keep at it! You can always rewrite later, right?
- bobtheenchantedone
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Right now I'm having more trouble coming up with what happens next than I have the previous two years, but I'm getting aorund that by writing scenes that happened before the story I'm writing now happened. It gives me a different storyline to focus on, which helps creativity overall, and it explores the past of most of the characters, which we help me know and write them better. It works for me.
Also: write or die is fun times. : D
Also: write or die is fun times. : D
The Epistler was quite honestly knocked on her ethereal behind by the sheer logic of this.
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