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Snowflake Challenge - Day 11
Jan. 15th, 2019 06:50 amBacktracking on the challenge again!
Day 11
In your own space, talk about your creative process(es) — anything from the initial inspiration to how you feel after something’s done. Do you struggle with motivation or is it a smooth process? Do you have any tricks up your sleeve to pull out when a fanwork isn’t cooperating? What is your level of planning to pantsing/winging it?
My creative processs is...highly variable.
I used to make detailed outlines before I started on the actual writing, and would jump around and write whichever scene I felt like that day. Now, I'm a total pantser. I've usually got a firm idea for kicking off the story, a less firm idea of how it's all going to end, and I discover the rest as I go along.
I'm coming off a year of the high of writing in a new fandom, where the words flow smoothly and I'm finishing stories easily, and am now back to the place where it's all fits and starts and it seems to take forever to finish anything.
One thing that's consistent, though, is what I do when a story isn't cooperating: write dialogue. If I can't get a scene moving and the characters seem recalcitrant, I just let them talk to each other and see what shakes out. (I LOVE writing dialogue. I HATE writing description.)
Day 11
In your own space, talk about your creative process(es) — anything from the initial inspiration to how you feel after something’s done. Do you struggle with motivation or is it a smooth process? Do you have any tricks up your sleeve to pull out when a fanwork isn’t cooperating? What is your level of planning to pantsing/winging it?
My creative processs is...highly variable.
I used to make detailed outlines before I started on the actual writing, and would jump around and write whichever scene I felt like that day. Now, I'm a total pantser. I've usually got a firm idea for kicking off the story, a less firm idea of how it's all going to end, and I discover the rest as I go along.
I'm coming off a year of the high of writing in a new fandom, where the words flow smoothly and I'm finishing stories easily, and am now back to the place where it's all fits and starts and it seems to take forever to finish anything.
One thing that's consistent, though, is what I do when a story isn't cooperating: write dialogue. If I can't get a scene moving and the characters seem recalcitrant, I just let them talk to each other and see what shakes out. (I LOVE writing dialogue. I HATE writing description.)
