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elisa88

Writing advice... Please?

Jul 26, 2012 19:52

I feel like writing these days. I really do. My fingers are itching and I had this plot in my mind I've been dying to try out but I tend to write these amazing stories in my head, but when I put pen to paper it just isn't the same ( Read more... )

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elisa88 July 28 2012, 03:01:48 UTC

Thank you. I guess taht is very much true. I'm just stupidly insecure when it comes to my writing. So I think i'll give those prompt tables a go and see what I can/can't come up with... Maybe then i'll try out that story I have in my mind.
Thanks a lot for the link too, it will be very useful!
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elisa88 July 31 2012, 19:10:25 UTC

Oh yeah, that is very right. Si, I want to write footie, mainly to indulge in my own cravings I suppose XD

zanoranna July 28 2012, 17:27:00 UTC

As far as writing advice, I would say: just get it down on paper/screen/whatever. No one's first draft looks flawless, or even all that good. The goodness comes from editing. Get things written first, and then try to make them match up to what you've been imagining.

♥

elisa88 July 31 2012, 19:07:59 UTC

Thanks a lot! I know that should work, and it does sometimes because you have to actually write it in order to see it, but I lack so much dedication. I'll start writing and then leave it hakf way through... I will give it a go though, and maybe take a look again at those fics I abandoned.
Thanks again! =)

zanoranna August 4 2012, 03:54:46 UTC

I will also say that when I get blocked, the best thing for me to do is set a words-per-day goal, say 100 or 200 words per day. Even if I'm just doing little sketches of scenes, or describing something, it helps to get the juices flowing. Also, I try to look for inspiration in unexpected places. Both of those together (weird inspiration and forcing myself to write drabbles) can loosen a block enough to go back to one of the longer pieces. I'm convinced that's the only reason I finished the latest Sweetheart story!!

Good luck ♥

elisa88 August 9 2012, 19:19:36 UTC

That's a good strategy. Not sure it will work with me 'cause I think I would feel too much pressure to write. I guess I need to find a Beta so they can check what I write, see if it is making any sense at all.
OOH. YOU WROTE SWEETHEART THAT WAY? DAMN! I LOOOOVE THE FACT THAT THIS STRATEGY WORKED ON YOU. I might try out, if I start feeling the pressure i'll stop.
Thanks again =)