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Mine Kuramae
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04-21-2010, 07:19 PM
I've tried to do some pre-writing while I'm sitting at my laptop to write my newest manuscript, but when I do pre-write...I can't even write out the story! :( I can write out the plot, setting, and characers but for some reason when I start actually typing it doesn't happen. I actually do better just jumping into a blank document, and forming everything as I go along.
Does anyone else have this problem?
Does pre-writing actually help?
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04-24-2010, 11:35 PM
well, for me, pre-writing sucks. :sweat: if i prewrite, i can't write the story later! I do way better just making it up as i go along.
I can see how it would work for some people, but for me, it just doesn't. Especially since most of my stories get started with me thinking of a scene that will be somewhere in the middle of it, ya know?
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04-26-2010, 11:35 PM
Not for me ^-^. I never prewrite, if I do, I just crash.
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04-26-2010, 11:54 PM
I actually simply start writing a story. After I begin I spend a lot of time developing the characters. They tend to grow throughout my story.
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Mine Kuramae
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04-27-2010, 11:27 AM
That's pretty cool. :D It's interesting to see how many people actually don't pre-write, yet you have to learn how in Literature class.
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04-27-2010, 03:48 PM
Well now, Mine, don't confuse the two. Learning to pre-write is actually very helpful. You have to learn the rules before you can break them, really.
Also, 'pre-writing' or organizing your thoughts can be done at any time, not necessarally before you begin to write your story. As I said earlier, I tend to come up with a basic plot idea and start the story before I really get into the specifics of a character. That doesn't mean, however, that I simply ignore the development of my characters. If that happened my stories would come to a point where I would no longer be able to write.
So really get into pre-writing in your Liturature class. It can't hurt you, it can only help. :)
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Ryn Gray
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04-29-2010, 12:54 AM
I know for me, pre-writing helps because I'm currently working on a story as part of a team. We don't write everything about a character or the plot out, but we have written out a bunch of basic ideas so that we're all on the same page. It helps in this case since so many people are working with the characters, and they stay more real if we can all get into their heads.
When writing by myself, sometimes I will create a character file. However, I never write about his or her personality. I mostly just write the background stuff on the person, the stuff that will never appear in the book and the reader may never get to see. For instance, where did the character grow up? What was his or her family like? What about schooling? Figuring out my characters' backgrounds really helps me to get into their heads and see where they're coming from and what motivates them. However, I know that doing so doesn't work for everyone. Everyone writes differently, so it's best to try a lot of different things to find out what works with you.
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05-04-2010, 04:21 PM
Hmmm... Okay, so my idea of pre-writing is getting down character specs, setting, plot, etc. If I am wrong about this, please correct me. XD But yeah, I personally do pre-write a lot whenever I think of a new story, or am working on a not-so-new one.
It really helps me to get everything down, figure stuff out, find out what works for the story or characters as a whole, and what just... doesn't. 8P The main reason I pre-write is that if I don't, I'll forget everything I thought about! Then the story would not happen because I wouldn't know how it was supposed to happen! Or else it would happen completely differently... Not that that would be a totally bad thing, I guess. It's just that... I like to plan ahead. 8D
I'm finding that, for me, pre-writing is only part of the process that helps. The other part is hashing out details with other people. Like, talking with other people about my ideas, and getting feedback from them. 8D It really does help, I have been finding out. Just talking about it and hearing stuff back in person. I am going to be bugging my family a LOT about this when I get back home once college is out! XD I don't think they'll mind. I know who to bug and who to leave alone. 8P
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05-06-2010, 02:32 AM
Pre-writing... Hm, in retrospect, I think I badly need to try doing this, ha ha. xD
I've SOOOO many ideas for stories swimming in my head, but when I sit down at a computer and just start to write... my stories often end up plotless.
As in, I start drabbling on about nothing with absolutely no direction. :\ My story ends up a complete deviation from my original idea and I just don't know how to bring any action, changes, plot into it without being afraid it'll be end up being something I never wanted.
I think I'll try prewriting. :) Sounds like it might help me. ^^
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05-08-2010, 08:38 PM
In my experience, no. When I start a longer story, I typically have a very loose general idea of character and plot, and an idea of where I want the story to go. Other than that, I let it grow and breathe on its own--I let it write itself, tell its own story the way it needs to be told.
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05-18-2010, 02:03 AM
I tend to write my story and then do a outline to help arrange the flow or find flow disruption. I only pre-write when I get stuck just to get the jucies flowing again.
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Milady Purity
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05-24-2010, 12:02 PM
Oh, it's so much easier to just plan things. It's hard for me, I find, to just write. I've been planning my novel for like three years, and I still have barely anything on the page... >o<
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White Squirrel Girl
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06-18-2010, 01:40 PM
It helps to get the basic idea of what your going to do out. I try to do it in a sentance or two. Gives you something to start with, and details to fill.
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Nolori
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06-18-2010, 09:06 PM
Hmm. I guess it kind of does for me? I don't do any formal kind of pre-writing. I usually have a character set in my mind, though I may or may not know entirely why that character is the way he/she is. When I pre-write I usually have the very end of the story and details on geography, how continents work and other world-building notes.
As far as plot goes, I usually have a single line of notes about the next few scenes, but I won't write anymore plot notes until I've finished those scenes. That way I can see which way the plot will carry me without setting it on a completely pre-determined path.
(The last thing I wrote, for example, looked a bit like this:
SEES PERSON. THINKS ITS HUMAN.
OPENS GATE.
OH WAIT IT'S NOT HUMAN, BUT OH WELL. I AM GOING CRAZY ANYWAY.)
Every time I've plotted everything out in a story, I just won't write it. It bores me, since I already know everything that's going to happen.
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