Writing.....

[fractured_sun]

Yay it's friday, and yay a little more progress on my hlh-shortcuts fic. At the moment it's not so much a fic as unconnected paragraphs.... This is however a step up from bullet points so progress has been made. It's funny how my method of writing changes between stories.... Some start out as random ideas in bullet points and get written out of order as paragraphs more bullet points get added and turned into paragraphs and then (hopefully) the whole lot is fit together. Others I start at the beginning, and just write without benefit of plot and see where it takes me. (Amusingly the one's which basically are bullet points were written in order, from start to finish in one go). None of them ever turn out quite what I originally planned and whenever I read them back I am always surprised by which bits worked and find things I didn't even notice before. I always do when I read other peoples writing, but you would think that having written that I would know it inside out . Does anyone else find that with their writing?

Comments

[fractured_sun]

I generally start at the beginning and go until the end. My brain has usually worked out all the main elements before I even start writing, and little detail stuff gets decided on the fly.

Actually I much prefer writing that way... it usually produces better writing, but it never works on my terms. Writing that way it can take me months between the right kind of inspiration and which fandom speaks to me is in the capricious hands of whichever muse chooses to torment me (which doesn't really work when I have a deadline for a gift). Plus if it's a long plotty fic I write myself into corners if I don't work it all out first.

[elistaire]

I agree about the inspiration issue. Usually I'm just too tired to have the energy needed to write. That's my biggest problem.