Mostly I just scribblescribblescribble some notes when a plot pops into my head unexpectantly
Hee, indeed. Me also.
I was a sucker for planning when I was younger.
I never have been able to. Tried it out for a fic a few years ago, wrote the first page and planned stuff out (though my outline was in such vague terms that I have barely any idea where I was going) and just stopped because it took so long. I get a basic idea in my head and then just go.
I jot down whatever notes I need to be able to come back later and write without forgetting.
That is indeed the important part. I hate that. I'll be writing in class, bell rings, next class, I can't pick up the writing again right away because (horror of horrors) we're actually maybe doing something, and then I go back and I was in the middle of a sentence and I know that how I was going to end it was really good, but I can't remember it for the life of me. That and when you come up with something, a line or just more stuff for a part you haven't gotten to yet. I've got notes on paper for scenes that I'm pages and pages away from if I even were ever to get there.
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Date: 2006-10-29 04:14 pm (UTC)Hee, indeed. Me also.
I was a sucker for planning when I was younger.
I never have been able to. Tried it out for a fic a few years ago, wrote the first page and planned stuff out (though my outline was in such vague terms that I have barely any idea where I was going) and just stopped because it took so long. I get a basic idea in my head and then just go.
I jot down whatever notes I need to be able to come back later and write without forgetting.
That is indeed the important part. I hate that. I'll be writing in class, bell rings, next class, I can't pick up the writing again right away because (horror of horrors) we're actually maybe doing something, and then I go back and I was in the middle of a sentence and I know that how I was going to end it was really good, but I can't remember it for the life of me. That and when you come up with something, a line or just more stuff for a part you haven't gotten to yet. I've got notes on paper for scenes that I'm pages and pages away from if I even were ever to get there.