The Evolution of a Drabble
I've always wanted to do a post about the evolution of a drabble, so here are the stages I went through for my third Don/Leah drabble Naked.
( A writer attempts to write and hilarity ensues. )
( A writer attempts to write and hilarity ensues. )
what I do? Umm you're gonna hate me, but I'll just sit down and write.
It doesn;t matter what I am writing, drabble or part of a long fic.
Drabbles I usually just say I want to write this prompt and then consider my pairing usually someone with Don and start just pulling out words and typing.
Chapter fics same thing usually unless I was smart and made myself an outline and I know the basic gist of this chapter. Again, I just sit down and write.
Soemtimes I will be out or doing something and a whole line or two pops in my head like these words from my generation drabble under darkkevlar:
Don stood at the backdoor, barely able to make out Billy’s form in the dark. The only thing he could see clearly was the glow from the tip of the cigarette.
And things flow form there.
Sometimes images will spurr me to write or some scene from the show, or even some passing thought of mine.
but most of the time I just sit down and say I need to write this for this so let's GIT R Done.... and up to the summer I was able to do that. Now It is a bit harder.
For me if I over analyze everything I do, I would never do anything. FOr me jsut going off the cuff works. After I write I send it to a beta and also if there are parts I am unsure of I will engage in chat wih someone for their thoughts.
I think my problem is I have just been lazy and not commiting myself to 3 hours of writing a week where I just write and see what I come up with.
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I'm not nearly as neurotic when I'm writing chapters because, well, there are a whole lot more than 100 words that I've got to get on the page and I don't have to be so picky about metaphor and word choice.
I envy the fact you can sit and write so easily. I stall for so long. It's a habit I'm trying to break. I also need to stop being lazy and start committing more time to writing.
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Step two includes much stalling ("Hello FreeCell!" and "Why hasn't anyone emailed me in the past five minutes?")
is sooooo me, except it is why has no one responded to my post, why is my flist not updated, ohh what is this infomercial selling me, ohhh a shiny piece of string....
I would be a hell of a lot productive if I would not be lazy and allow myself to get distracted.
BTW what IM are you on if you are on. I would love us to chat some time, maybe even bounce stuff off each other, or IM each other "GET BACK TO WORK AND STOP looking at pr0n" or something like that
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Why would anyone wish to stop looking at or reading pr0n?
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Why would anyone wish to stop looking at or reading pr0n?
Honestly I have no idea..... BTW I have emailed you over at gmail.com. I usually have that open and yahoo
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