Comments | ardwynna_m: The back of the brain

ardwynna_m

The back of the brain

Aug 14, 2014 20:49

One of the things I hate about the way I write is how I labor over every word and crank things out as slow as a snail. But that's not the topic today. One of the things I LOVE about the way I write is how my brain figures everything out while I've got my back turned doing other things. It might be like this for other people but I've never asked ( Read more... )

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xpaperplanex August 15 2014, 03:10:53 UTC

I think we have the exact opposite ways of writing. I throw words down like there's no tomorrow with no clue about where it's going to go. Which probably explains why I have a whole bunch of fics that are about 20K words long that just fizzled out.

Hooray for your Jackalope working out! That's awesome!

ardwynna_m August 15 2014, 09:40:47 UTC

I tend to see the ending of a fic before the beginning. If I can just turn off the internal editor, things might get there sooner. I'm going to have to learn if I want to write a 'verse this big.

The Jackalope fic is new ground for me. Definitely author indulgence fic though. Maybe it will find its niche audience when the time comes. ;D

lenine2 August 15 2014, 03:31:19 UTC

Jackalope? End of Marriageverse?

I am looking forward to everything you will be putting out there, of course!

I have already made up my own happy ending for The Mission, btw.

ardwynna_m August 15 2014, 09:44:27 UTC

I did not set out to be one of those authors with a string of WIPs, but I see how easy it is to get that way. I'll try not to leave people hanging forever. Glad you found your own solution to that. ;D

masamunes_song August 21 2014, 07:29:06 UTC

Wow, that's a Lot of cool little connections coming together all at once!

Humble advice: jot a lot. Meticulous sentence crafting is well and good, but plot bunnies gather dust bunnies all too quickly. A half-sentence here and there can serve to remind you when you go back to connect the dots.

ardwynna_m August 22 2014, 01:17:30 UTC

It just about blew my mind how the first in the series linked up with the last.

I'm going to have to find some way to stash mini notebooks on my person on the ward. I've got a writer app on my phone but people get snippy if they think you're texting between patients.