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12-07-2012, 01:01 PM | #17 |
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Vydor speaks truth.
You are just finding out your working process. Don't over-analyze it now because writing anything is infinitely better than writing nothing. Just know that there will be a significant edit and rewrite phase no matter which process you use. Don't let that cast a shadow over getting your words on paper. It doesn't matter how many scenes/characters/clever turns of phrases you don't end up using. Nothing is wasted if it gets you to the finish line. |
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Well put and much appreciated!
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12-07-2012, 06:03 PM | #19 |
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You do realise, of course, that all the encouragement appearing here is just because we don't want to be the only poor suckers obsessed by the writing-bug?
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12-07-2012, 09:29 PM | #20 |
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Watch out gmw you'll give out all our secrets. Next thing you know someone will mention the handbook or the secret handshake....Forget I mentioned that. lol.
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12-08-2012, 12:56 AM | #21 |
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I think with writing it does tend to mutate and go off in weird directions. For me what was going to be a two page story, turned into twenty. Keep up the writing. |
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(From the man who's never been under 140,000 words) On another point, when I started, I wrote for two hours on Monday evenings whilst my wife was at choir practice. Later I had a one-hour train ride to and from work. Both cases gave me two hours of writing, and I reckoned that a good average was 2,000 words a day. Which isn't far from Critch's 1,667. |
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That can happen even if you have a detailed synopsis. The thing is, however much time you have spent learning about your characters and mapping their characteristics, you will find that they develop in ways you didn't expect, and do things you didn't plan, or do them quicker, or slower.
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If the muse leads you in a different direction, just follow along. Your subconscious can sometimes lead you to better stories than you had originally intended.
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12-16-2012, 09:30 PM | #27 |
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Or not ... as the case may be. Not all the threads you follow will be successful (or not publishable). But I do agree with the sentiment anyway. Sometimes you just have to follow a path to find out where it leads. Even if you have to back track and try again, as long as you remembered to enjoy the scenery along the way they were still paths worth taking.
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How Is The Daily Word Count Holding Up?
It has been almost 2 weeks jhempel24, and I am curious as to how you are doing in regard to the daily word count.
2000 words a day is a great goal. I find that certain types of scenes are more conducive to hitting that count than others. |
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I am on vacation at the moment, since saturday but still trying to keep writing. I am at approx 20,200 words in my story so far
Thanks for checking up!! |
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