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May 5, 2016
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Thank you for taking the time to answer so thoroughly. Yeah, everyone has their own process of what works for them. I haven’t quite found mine yet! I have lots of stories in my head but getting them onto paper / the screen is a monumental undertaking. Getting off tumblr would probably be a first step though, ha!
No need to thank me! (As for “thoroughly”… I’m think that the real theme is is that I’m long-winded? Lol!) Good luck with your process! I agree: tumblr is a bit of a motivation killer! If all those ideas are already in your head, then it’s almost more of a translation job than a creating one, if that makes sense. I like to try to see mine playing out like movies and then just describing what I see,if that helps? Good luck!
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Okay but seriously. I’m sure you’ve answered this before but how do you manage the insane output? Is it something that just flows and needs to get out, or do you ever struggle to put words together? Do you meticulously plan out the entire story and then fill in the details or do you just start writing and see where things go?
Ha! I always say that I think that output is sort of something like one’s height - it just is what it is, to some extent. In my first big writing phase back in the Harry Potter fandom, I sort of astounded people by writing a hole lots back then, too. 1.4 million words or thereabouts, that was the overall count. I just recently passed that same amount of words for Sherlock fiction last week, I think, and yeah - I often wonder where all those words came from, too!
It’s sort of like a tap that’s always on. I might not have the specific mood for it 24 hours per day, but there are very few days when I don’t feel like writing at all. I don’t ever sit down and say, “hmm, I’d like to write a story. Now what on earth could I ever write about??” I sort of think that’s the wrong way around - the story should be there first, urging the writer to write it. Otherwise - and this is just my opinion and potentially full of shit, so take it with a grain of salt - but my feeling is that when we write because we want to write something, that’s putting the author ahead of the story and I personally feel it should be the other way around. My thought, though. I basically always have an ongoing queue of stories I’d like to write. I’m never out of ideas or looking for prompts or suggestions - on the contrary, one of my fears is that I’ll die before I’ve managed to write all the things I need to write! :P
I always know how it begins, how it ends, and several of the major points along the way. I always write in order from beginning to ending. I never change anything after it’s written down, with the exception of typos (most of them, lol). I don’t do drafts and I don’t do rewrites. I might add things. My stories always grow in the edits, not the reverse. I don’t doubt what I’ve written, either. I don’t think I’m the best writer in the world by a long shot, but I don’t second guess what I’ve written. There are a handful of people I’ll occasionally let read in advance because the pat on the shoulder is nice to have, but I’m never looking for guidance. It’s just that the story is very clear to me, and if I have a moment here or there where the way forward for that specific moment isn’t 100% clear, I let it sit and know that it will tell itself to me. It always does.
I don’t plan things out meticulously. George R. R. Martin once said that he thinks of planning stories like planting a garden - you plant seeds and then you just see what comes up later. I feel a bit like that. If it’s too planned and controlled, then I feel like I’m micromanaging it. The story should tell itself and sometimes that means that, if you let it, it will take the wheel and direct itself, and there should be room for it to do that, to grow and breathe in its own right. But everyone’s process is different! That’s just how it happens to function for me. Other people write in chunks, out of order. Others plan everything down to the hair. I don’t think there’s only one “correct” method, that’s for sure! :)
But yeah, I have no idea how I’m so fast/prolific. I don’t think it’s a talent; I think it’s just a Thing. On average I write about 12,000 words per week, but there have been notable exceptions - busy weeks where I had no time, and the opposite. I wrote all of Scars (which is about 60K) in 7-8 days. I do my research ahead of the writing. While I was working on Against the Rest of the World, there was a lot of research that needed to be done. Some of it I did while writing, but other parts had been studied long before those sections of the story came around. For Scars, I did all of the research in advance, so that when it came to the time to write, I could just write. I think that’s about it!
Thanks for asking, you! <33333 And sorry if this post is riddled with typos - my computer was stopping and starting constantly as I was typing so I couldn’t see what I was saying! :P
May 4, 2016
junejuly15:
benedictc:
Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to...
Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing, end them?
Hamlet, act III, scene I
That is absolutely stunning
Seeing his Hamlet is an experience I’ll never forget, and I wasn’t even in the theatre. His talent blows the walls and ceiling off every room he’s in.
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Wow, you don’t mess around!
Tee-hee! No, I do not! :P It’s a long one…
Oh lookie, I was tagged in a thing! Just a general thing about that - I generally do try to be a...
Oh lookie, I was tagged in a thing! Just a general thing about that - I generally do try to be a good sport and play along when I’m tagged. Go right ahead if you want to! But if it’s a thing I’ve just done, I might ignore it. If that’s the case, that’s the only reason why! And I don’t expect you to come and see and make sure I haven’t just done it, lol - go right ahead and tag me as you like! But if I don’t comply, that’s why. :) So: thanks for tagging me in this, @anybannannie! :)
Relationship status: Vicariously in love with Johnlock, lol.
Dogs or cats: Dogs. No question.
Coke or Pepsi: Coke zero or diet Pepsi. Odd, I know. I’m pretty sure they put crack in coke zero.
Day or night: Night. I love all parts of the day, honestly, but night is when I’m the most alive!
Text or call: I prefer to text.
Chapstick or lipstick: Chapstick, specifically the blue Blistex Lip Medex, to which I am horribly addicted. Lipstick also, just depends on when. :)
Favourite colour: Black. And don’t say it. Yes it is. Lol.
Pets: Sadly none, as I work full time and live alone. Besides, my family’s dog, Toby, is still alive and well and I can’t possibly get a dog while he’s around. He would know I had cheated on him. And I love him so much that there really is only room for him in my pet-heart.
Wake up time: 6:30am happens far too often for a night owl like me. :/ My body’s natural sleep cycle seems to be about 5am-1pm if I let it do its thing. Its thing doesn’t fit in well with “normal society” (pfff), though, so - yeah.
Taggy time: Hmm, let’s see… @thesevenpercentsolution, @cakemakethmycroft, @watsonshoneybee, @trek-who-lock, @jamlockk, @thedarkestsupernova, @unapologeticocdsufferer, @johnlockandstars, and @treesofyavanna. Have fun! :)
Fic’s at 26,200 words and still going strong! Sorry, I haven’t posted an update for a little while!
Fic’s at 26,200 words and still going strong! Sorry, I haven’t posted an update for a little while!
deliciousdeathexperts:
He’s adorable! Both of them!
God, if...
He’s adorable! Both of them!
God, if Ben doesn’t have a dog, someone get him one stat!!!!
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