Miracle cures are few and far between, but something that produces a significant benefit is wonderful *hugs*
My old approach was just to write, starting at the first scene, always full, proper sentences. Now I'm more inclined to have an idea of what I want to have at the centre, then try and think where the hell the plot will go before thinking where I start, then starting with a vague destination in mind but a kind of idea what's happening, revising along the way and carrying on writing notes when I run out of steam to write the full thing, kind of sending out foundations for each new paragraph ahead of myself. That's the method that enabled me to finish the Big Bangs. That said, I had to rewrite and restructure a lot of my Pros Big Bang halfway through - I hadn't looked at it for a while, then put it on my Kindle, read it, and just thought 'this has no pace at all' which was when I kind of entered life-or-death struggle with it - I think I beat it in the end though *g*
So much rest! \o/ And lots of iron/vitamins. And yup, it's really soon now (10 days and counting - eeeep!)
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Date: 2011-10-16 10:22 pm (UTC)My old approach was just to write, starting at the first scene, always full, proper sentences. Now I'm more inclined to have an idea of what I want to have at the centre, then try and think where the hell the plot will go before thinking where I start, then starting with a vague destination in mind but a kind of idea what's happening, revising along the way and carrying on writing notes when I run out of steam to write the full thing, kind of sending out foundations for each new paragraph ahead of myself. That's the method that enabled me to finish the Big Bangs. That said, I had to rewrite and restructure a lot of my Pros Big Bang halfway through - I hadn't looked at it for a while, then put it on my Kindle, read it, and just thought 'this has no pace at all' which was when I kind of entered life-or-death struggle with it - I think I beat it in the end though *g*
So much rest! \o/ And lots of iron/vitamins. And yup, it's really soon now (10 days and counting - eeeep!)