Ouch!

[lebateleur]

I just cut two pages out of a five-page fic. They were good pages, dammit. They were funny where I wanted humor and ironic where I wanted irony and they said something about the characters as well. They just didn't belong in the story I'm currently writing.

I write at such a snail's pace that losing two pages is a heavy blow. We're talking about three week's worth of writing here. At least this is slightly offset by the knowledge that I now have a better piece of fiction.

Urgh.

これで以上です。

Comments

[lebateleur.livejournal.com]

For me, once it's there, it's there. When I've tried writing like you, just putting things down onto the page, they stay there, and then there's no quality. I have an almost impossible time going back through and making them better. It's as if I need to know what's going onto that piece of paper before I start writing, or I won't be able to progress at all.

I've tried making outlines, but too often they are just lists of the bits I already know, with huge gaps where the plot should be. Needless to say that's not exactly helpful.

Sure, my way may be dignified, but there's almost no output, so you make the call...

[scribblemoose]

My outlines are like that as well, although for some reason I still do them. I think deep down inside I have this weird misapprehension that it's my story, when actually once I start writing the characters do whatever thy like and totally ignore me!

Sorry to keep spamming your journal, but I love to talk about writing, and once I get started... Promise I'll shut up now! ._.

[lebateleur.livejournal.com]

I share that apprehension. It's compounded that on some level, writing's too easy for me, if that makes sense. I really do get freaked out when I sit down to write and then start to realise how much of the story I already know. It's as if I'm not in control of things anymore. When I'm not writing, or only thinking about writing, then I'm still in control.

Not sure if that makes sense at all, but it's the closest I can come to describing things.

And it's only spam if I don't want it on my lj;) Comment away - I love talking about writing too. If nothing else, it's worlds easier for me than getting the actual story on paper.