On Writing!
Finished my do-me-veela fic and came in at 12k which is AMAZING for me. The only thing that saved this from turning into 50k of me fucking around is the fact that it has absolutely zero plot.
Okay let's talk about fic/fiction writing strategyI've gotten 4 inquiries on my writing process for Azoth now, which is just mind-blowing to me since I never felt like ( Read more... )
Okay let's talk about fic/fiction writing strategyI've gotten 4 inquiries on my writing process for Azoth now, which is just mind-blowing to me since I never felt like ( Read more... )
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1-- Title: Sometimes it comes to me in the first bit of writing, but often the result of whining to friends and last-minute flailing and panic. My Remix had a title almost from the first brainstorming session, and my two owlposts came easy... but my minifest, I am pretty sure I spent more time banging my head into my desk trying to come up with a title than I did on the writing process otherwise.
2-- Ending: Sometimes I know the ending so well I do it first. I'm a fairly linear writer, I tend to like beginning to end just so I don't lose track of what I'm talking about. But what I often end up doing is write while it's easy, then when it gets hard, jump to the end and write that, then go back. I only have one fic I feel I truly jumped around a lot on (A Dream of Waking) as opposed to simply skipping over smut and leaving any sex scenes to do at the end. And I didn't like the feeling of that, I felt too scattered and like I made it more difficult since I lost my flow of story. But then, it's ( ... )
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This is all so interesting!!! I'm the kind who likes changing POV, it even saves me somtimes! (except for the short fics).
For The Greyest Eyes, I was stuck with one of my character, until I decided to write in his POV. And after that it was much easier, because it had helped me understand his motives (even if I totally disagreed on his views!)
As for Pre-readers, yes, they are very important!
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I also feel really scattered (that's a good way to put it) when I end up jumping around for some reason. I have to remind myself that it doesn't matter how blocked I'm feeling with Scene X, it's better than I'd be feeling if I wrote the ending, came back to Scene X, and realized that I'd have to completely re-write everything that followed it once I finished Scene X.
Interesting that you can't do POV switches. IDK if I'm better at one or multiple. I've written extensively from multi-POVs before in a single fic, but I've also written several fics all from Harry's POV. I think when it comes down to it, I just have to write ONLY Harry's POV or Harry+Others. I can never write just from Draco's.
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So maybe I just have an easier time with the stories that happen to be Draco-POV. Don't even know XD
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Ending: Usually it's just a vague idea of how it ends. Bla bla bla is the what the fic is about and I want this to be the end goal but I don't know the millions of things in between or the details of it. At times I'll know that I want things to be resolved in a specific way, but mostly its wibbly wobbly and in no way coherent for a while.
Complex characters: Ha, I'm fail and don't do this -- even though I say I will. I hate to admit it but it's probably because I'm pretty bland IRL. I'm also terrible at reading people. Writing fanfic is how I make myself learn about people because I'm forced to try and think like someone other than myself. Which is kind of fun. Sometimes I'll know what someone's past is, sometimes they're just there because I couldn't get red glasses out of my head and I formed a character around that pair of red glasses *rolls eyes at ( ... )
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THIS. lol. I once wrote when I was barely able to open my eyes, and the next day I ended up deleting the whole thing... orz.
Thanks for sharing your writing process!
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I hate when that happens lol.
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Omg, I have this problem even when when I'm awake.
Your ending knowledge is similar to my knowledge. I usually only know the big ~result~ but how I get there, or even how the scene plays out, is often not decided until I'm writing it. Everything has to flow from scene to scene, and things stop "fitting together" for me when I plan overmuch.
Haha, <-- Also bland IRL. That's really cool how you look at writing as a character study of RL sorta.
YES MUNDANE THINGS. My fave!
Well if they're romantic or hot, I'll probably read the extra words. The only things that really bore me are excessive descriptions, but if it's a scene going nowhere? Sometimes that can work. Like, to show how utterly mundane the characters' situation is.
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2) I'm the same :)
3) I look for lots of characterization and ways to make different things meaningful..
4) EEYUP. Though, oddly enough, in my case this didn't come into play with mobiles and cell phones, am I right? XD
5) Same.
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4. LOL
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Hee hee XD
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1-- Title: Sometimes it comes to me in the first bit of writing, but often it's at the last minute, and I try to think of one that works with the story I'm writing.
2-- Ending: Sometimes I know the ending so well I do it first. I'm a fairly linear writer, I tend to go from beginning to end so I don't lose track of what I'm talking about. But what I often end up doing is write while it's easy, and then that's when the ending arrives.
3-- Editing: I edit the crap out of my words as I go. Redundancies, clarifications,spelling errors, misused words, re-phrasings, etc. Adding entire sections is just fine. But needing to do large-scale delete/rewrite makes me cringe.
4-- POV: I am locked in a 3rd person pov, with a single focus character. I do not do POV switches, none whatsoever My brain on any story just lovks in on a specific character at a specific time with a specific story and that's what my writing process is like.
5-- Planning: I plan a lot at times, and some things have a basic scene list ( ... )
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Haha, I love how you decide when to end!
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Same here!!!
He Who Must Not Be Normal: God I've bookmarked this fic, I so wanted to read it and haven't yet!!! Definitely have to read it!
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