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Do you shed tears?

#1 Post by lordcloudx »

Just a question for the writers in here. You may explain or not.
Do you ever shed tears before you realize it sometimes when you are so engrossed in the story-writing process? :wink:
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#2 Post by monele »

Mm... no, but I try to avoid teary drama ^^;... I often find myself making faces according to the mood of what I write, though ^^;

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#3 Post by Watercolorheart »

No, but the experience of shedding tears before ... a broken heart ... these things can be remembered strongly during the writing process.

I have been moved to tears by other media I've done, especially if I detached myself from my work before finally viewing it again. Animating a death or a love scene with voice-acting.... both these things can cause me to well up, in a negative or positive way.
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#4 Post by dizzcity »

Generally, I don't shed tears when I'm writing. I can shed them sometimes when I'm fully envisioning the scene in my brainstorm-halfdream mode, but once I get down to work, it's usually some form of catharsis, pouring out all of the feelings into the script. So instead of feeling sad enough to cry, I get happier and happier writing. If I can feel "the buzz" when writing, that lets me know I've done well.

Afterwards, when I read through some of my stories, I may occasionally get touched to tears, but never more than once or twice. The effect wears off once I get used to it.

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#5 Post by mikey »

While writing, I do. But it happens very rarely, and it's usually just wet eyes, not exactly crying or anything. It happens when I'm completely submerged into writing, writing text on the go and the responses and lines from the characters or whatever else happens are somehow emotional and I'm usually at that empathic stage... so yes it kind of forces the tears from time to time.

Also, this high-empathy thing can happen while going through the written text to edit and fine-tune it, you also need to be inside the text at that stage. It never actually happened to me that I really cried though.

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#6 Post by lordcloudx »

Interesting, thanks for the responses. :twisted:
I get wet eyes myself when I'm writing a feature article or essay I feel strongly about, but not when writing stories. I only feel in the mood for story-writing when I'm already inspired by a strong emotions, thus my penchant for angsty short-stories fanfic or original.

monele: I make faces unconciously too, but only when I'm drawing.
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#7 Post by F.I.A »

I think I did get those teary eyes when I write the scenarios for Character X in Winter Shard. Or sometimes I got this feeling tugging me "Dang, why can't I give it a better life?".

I guess it is normal, feeling for your own characters. :lol:
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#8 Post by MalkMad »

Not while writing, but when end something.

Happened when i wrote the last line of a 6 mounth novel ("keep swimming!", I'll never forget those words)

I have a kind of ''why make this end now?" feeling...

thas aswear why I have so many uncomplete works... :/
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#9 Post by Vatina »

I wrote one story once that almost made me teary eyed - it ended in a way I hadn't planned... ^^;

Hmm... now that I think about it I get all sad again o_O Oh no, what have I done! >_<

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#10 Post by yuirei »

I want something like that to happen to me =) however I'm not a good writer at the moment I guess

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#11 Post by mikey »

yuirei wrote:I want something like that to happen to me =) however I'm not a good writer at the moment I guess
Feeling for what you write has nothing to do with "how well" you write. Really, if you put heart into your writing, it doesn't matter that the style won't be superpolished, it will feel special to you, and you'll be able to empathise with your characters - that has nothing do do with writing skill.

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#12 Post by Nafai »

Unfortunately no. I tend to plot out things heavily in advance and slowly flesh things out, so even the best scenes I've written don't call forth enough of a reaction from me that I'd tear.

I tear a lot reading other people's works though, especially well done endings.

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#13 Post by Taleweaver »

It happens. Not during the writing, but occasionally during the creative process. And at times, when reading stuff I wrote a long time ago, tears sometimes escape me at a particularly well-written scene - especially when I didn't remember the scene being so well-written. But it's rare.

I DO weep like a little kid at stuff other people write, though. Lots of stuff, by the way. And I mostly enjoy weeping then. It's good to let it all out.
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#14 Post by tyciol »

Hm, sometimes a good game can get me teary, I hope so if I write one.

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#15 Post by mrsulu »

No, no tears, but I sometimes cackle when I realize an opportunity for a funny line.

I saw a writer who wrote funny, ironic books, and she said she basically sat in her attic for 2 years writing, and probably twice she stopped and went, "HAH." like Mrs. Crabbapple from the Simpsons. Otherwise, totally deadpan.

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