tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681522276752048718.post6383702548037195227..comments2024-03-08T05:24:28.285-05:00Comments on Nevets.QST: Writer, not ObserverC. N. Nevetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00375714948653196993noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681522276752048718.post-61655438968934344412009-04-29T08:10:00.000-04:002009-04-29T08:10:00.000-04:00If nothing else, this thread has shown me that I'm...If nothing else, this thread has shown me that I'm an odd-ball. hahahaC. N. Nevetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375714948653196993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681522276752048718.post-78631961393493895882009-04-29T05:07:00.000-04:002009-04-29T05:07:00.000-04:00(Know I'm late chiming in on this.)
Me and a writ...(Know I'm late chiming in on this.)<br /><br />Me and a writing buddy were talking about this the other day. We both have ambitious projects that fell apart due to lack of planning. But then, he has a great story that came to him in a dream. And I've written several pieces based simply upon the word pictures I hear or think of. <br /><br />In general, I think one step ahead of my typing fingers, then go back for <B>massive</B> edits. I have tried to outline but end up mired in subplots. <br /><br />And like Heather, I don't have any idea what my flash fiction is going to be until I finish it. Often, the story line changes and surprises me.B. Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620736939701035617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681522276752048718.post-52569277134444315392009-04-27T09:33:00.000-04:002009-04-27T09:33:00.000-04:00Casey, I think I see where you're coming from. I ...Casey, I think I see where you're coming from. I do something like that in my head sometimes. Play around with an idea to see if I think it can go somewhere. I just never start writing until I figure out if there's a big picture around the idea. But I can see how writing it out might help.<br /><br />If you're doing that and you get to a point where you are stumped, do you say to yourself, "Okay, so this idea didn't work," or do you gnaw on it for several days to try and force it to go somewhere?<br /><br />(And I am about as non-visual a person as you can be, by the way! LOL)<br /><br />Heather, I envy you a little bit. I think it would be fun to be able to write that way in a flash setting. My brain just doesn't even work that way. I don't process from one thing to the next, so if I don't see the overall frame, I don't really see anything.<br /><br />The one exception to that is trade-off stories, where a friend writes a paragraph (or sentence or whatever) and then sends the story to me, and then I write and it back, or send it along to the next person. In that case, because I am mainly just responding, almost conversationally, I don't need the big picture.<br /><br />(And I don't edit flash writing either. Whatever comes out is my first go at that big picture that popped in my head.)<br /><br />Thanks, both of you, I really appreciate the insights into how other writers operate!C. N. Nevetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375714948653196993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681522276752048718.post-50753134366169614282009-04-27T01:52:00.000-04:002009-04-27T01:52:00.000-04:00When writing a novel, I’m much like you. I know wh...When writing a novel, I’m much like you. I know where I’m starting and I know where I’ll end; it’s the journey that’s murky. Now for flash… yeah, I never have a clue what I’m going to write. It’s all free. I never even think about it. Nor do I edit.Heather Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814444108289873041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681522276752048718.post-2816054501261084962009-04-27T00:23:00.000-04:002009-04-27T00:23:00.000-04:00Hm. Some of it is creative outlet. I'm a very vi...Hm. Some of it is creative outlet. I'm a very visual person. I'll imagine something, see it in my head, and immediately want to put it on the page. Even if it's just a blip. <br /><br />Other times I see the potential for an awesome story in a fragment and write it to see if it will develop.Casey Somethinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596079290053524103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681522276752048718.post-75823276466215069672009-04-27T00:04:00.000-04:002009-04-27T00:04:00.000-04:00Thanks for chiming in, Casey.
So what is it about...Thanks for chiming in, Casey.<br /><br />So what is it about the fragments that gets you to latch onto them if you don't know where they're going? If you don't see the story, what's the draw? <br /><br />Just trying to learn and understand! :)<br /><br />.Nevets.C. N. Nevetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375714948653196993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3681522276752048718.post-64727776755836306532009-04-26T23:46:00.000-04:002009-04-26T23:46:00.000-04:00Did you write this for me? I could swear...
I've...Did you write this for me? I could swear...<br /><br />I've write written a multitude of beginnings without conceived stories. <br /><br />The one I'm writing now? You could say I'm stuck at point C. <br /><br />In my case, I latch onto a fragment and just have to write it. When those moments come, I don't care that I don't have a story to go with it. I'm just letting inspiration envelope me without expectation. <br /><br />I think this is the reason I'm not good at flash fiction, and why I abandon a lot of stories. I'm not good at conceiving an entire story all at once. I have to follow it.Casey Somethinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596079290053524103noreply@blogger.com