The Running Jump That is Writing

[welsh_scotsman]

Okay, I really just need to get this out of my head as it's driving me mad and so I thought what better place than lj?  Basically, some of you will know that I've been trying to get back into writing at the moment. However, the problem is that the only scenes I seem to have been able to write have been what I call 'running jump scenes' where

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[beesandbrews]

Write shorter character pieces. Write the big scenes and then write the frame around them. Write a series of small pieces that add up to a larger story. The big stories will come if they're meant to.

[welsh_scotsman]

thank you so much for your advice :D so it's literally just a case of writing scenes, regardless of their chronology within the story and then sort of attaching them together after?

[beesandbrews]

Yep. If you write what's most visible to you, the rest will generally reveal itself. Won't work for WIPs though.

[jo02]

Seconding what bees said: you've got to write the pieces that are already in your head, nothing else will happen otherwise. They have to be moved out before your brain will move on to other stuff. As she said, once they're down on the computer you can always come back and write a finished piece around them.

Once they're out, more stuff will come. This is what you need to know.

*nods*

[welsh_scotsman]

thank you so much for your advice ;) that actually makes a lot of sense actually as obviously my brain is very familiar with certain scenes and is more interested in them than the nuts and bolts so hopefully if i get all the big scenes done, i'll be able to connect them better :)

[analineblue]

I actually completely agree with beesandbrews too. This happens to me a lot too - what strikes my inspiration first is almost always short scenes that sometimes feel unrelated, and then I sort of weave some sort of plot around them in the end. So yeah, I definitely hear where you're coming from and I do think if you write what speaks to you the most clearly, the rest will come in time. *nod* Good luck!

[welsh_scotsman]

thanks you ;0 it's great to hear from both you and beesandbrews, writers i respect so much for their talent that you have similar issues and that you resolve it by writing scenes and joining them together :) i'll definintely try it ;)

[analineblue]

*hugs* Yeah, I do this ALL the time. I'm doing it right now, in fact, with a current WIP. ;) I hope it works out well for you! Just stick with it, too - I know at least for me, sometimes I'll have something that feels totally disjointed, and I'm sure nothing will come of it, and then I'll look back a few days later, and something will click, and I'm able to tie it together after all.

<3