I start as an outliner, covering every little detail to make sure how the story unfolds all the time, step by step...
Then I actually start writing and go NUTS.
I become an Edit-as-you-go. I change A LOT of what I outlined, and I'd say at the same time that I get a Seat-of-your-pants feeling that I don't even care if the story gets out of my hands (since I know myself and I know I'll just break everything later. I love messing everything).
Wow, I think I'm not any of those styles of writing, I'm just a messy guy...
Four ways to write a great story
- truefaiterman
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I'm definitely an outliner, but that is partly because I'm not much of a writer. I can come up with ideas, plan out a plot, and then get stuck on the actual writing/dialogue. ><
Re: Four ways to write a great story
I am an "edit as you go snowflake". I outline my main plot, conflicts and goals. I create my characters, their overal persinalities and backstories, that way I get to know them and their role in the story. Then I become a soft edit as you go. I don't edit one single scene 10 times before writing the next one, instead I write the scene edit it once, then I keep writing and then I sometimes stop and edit everything I have once (or 3 chapters or wathever feels rigth to edit). I, then, keep writing and going back to edit over and back to writing over and over until I finish writing and then edit until I'm happy.
That problem of feeling like the story is not advancing is completely true for me too...
That problem of feeling like the story is not advancing is completely true for me too...
Just a tip, ALWAYS read the traceback when an error occurs... Even if you say you don't really understand it, it may give you a hint as to what is wrong whit your script trust me... I have "Been There, Done That!"
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I'm a "Plan a little, write a little/Snowflake": I'll make up a loose outline/summary of the plot (partly to avoid plot holes and to help plan foreshadowing), and then I'll write it all in a "seat of your pants" style. I'll also write scenes out of order (I'll start with the scenes I feel are the most important/seems the most fun to write). A strange thing though is that I'll think of details for scenes before I even start writing the outline.
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