I would heavily dispute that. Readable prose is readable prose regardless of the genre.
QUESTIONS: How do you know when you're "ready"? Do you visualise action and translate or does your prose narrate itself in your head, or a bit of both? Does the way stories come to you change depending on the medium? What makes a poem "finished"?
I know when I am ready because words are being put down instead of my starting numbly at the screen making fish mouth gulping at the air.
I definitely do a bit of both, I tend to "see" scenes before I write them, except for dialogue, which tends to come "naturally" the way a real conversation would.
Things definitely change depending on the medium but I tend to get random inspiration and then mull over it until it is a "story." Think of it like a tall hill. The idea starts at the top and then rolls down getting bigger and bigger as it picks up more stuff around the way
My poems are never finished, I just get sick of staring at them and move on
"I cannot force myself to write. I wish I could, I really do, but I can't. If I am not "ready" to write I cannot make myself crap out 1000 words even if I absolutely need to. This has lead to some issues with deadlines particularly during college, but I've managed."
Everything here sounded familiar, the above quote in particular. Even though I have events plotted and mulling about my head I can't seem to force them onto paper when I want. I always seem to want to write at work, but never at home, which is also an issue.
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I would heavily dispute that. Readable prose is readable prose regardless of the genre.
QUESTIONS: How do you know when you're "ready"? Do you visualise action and translate or does your prose narrate itself in your head, or a bit of both? Does the way stories come to you change depending on the medium? What makes a poem "finished"?
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I definitely do a bit of both, I tend to "see" scenes before I write them, except for dialogue, which tends to come "naturally" the way a real conversation would.
Things definitely change depending on the medium but I tend to get random inspiration and then mull over it until it is a "story." Think of it like a tall hill. The idea starts at the top and then rolls down getting bigger and bigger as it picks up more stuff around the way
My poems are never finished, I just get sick of staring at them and move on
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Everything here sounded familiar, the above quote in particular. Even though I have events plotted and mulling about my head I can't seem to force them onto paper when I want. I always seem to want to write at work, but never at home, which is also an issue.
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