Writers' discussion thread

[Sterling]

Thinking too much is better than not thinking at all.

 

[KingdomBlade]

Really weird.

I was listening to some music and I suddenly got an idea for a story about a woman who helps finds her rapist's murderer.

Huh. I'll think about that for a bit.

 

[Sterling]

Really weird.

I was listening to some music and I suddenly got an idea for a story about a woman who helps finds her rapist's murderer.

Huh. I'll think about that for a bit.

Sounds interesting. Perhaps it isn't by choice. Maybe she is a police officer or detective that has to finish this case. A couple plot twists later and bam! Instant read.

 

[Shinigami357]

Really weird.

I was listening to some music and I suddenly got an idea for a story about a woman who helps finds her rapist's murderer.

Huh. I'll think about that for a bit.

Intriguing... Update us with the progress. Best of luck and keep writing.



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Mind seems to be functional despite only 5 hours of sleep wahaha. Chapter 8 is unfolding in front of me bit-by-bit, which is how I like my ideas: slow but straight to the point.

 

[KingdomBlade]

Posted this in the other thread already, but whatever.

60 SECONDS​

Spoiler: 60 SECONDS

1 Flashing images.
2 A baby in a stroller.
3 A burning apartment building.
4 A worn down motel.
5 Police sirens.
6 A detention center where everyone screams.
7 A reform school.
8 The street, with blood rolling on my face, and cowards running away.
9 My father touching me.
10 Mutilating myself.
11 Losing weight.
12 Losing my virginity to the wrong man.
13 Going out with a friend.
14 Drinking all night.
15 Getting into a car accident.
16 Spending 5 days in jail.
17 Being offered coke.
18 Trying coke, and trying another, and another.
19 Gambling my money.
20 Looking for a job.
21 Obtaining a job as a cafeteria lunch lady.
22 Losing the job.
23 Mutilating myself.
24 Desperately looking for a job.
25 Picking up a piece of paper on the floor.
26 Winning the lottery.
27 Immediate success.
28 Buying a condominium.
29 Buying a car.
30 Going into rehab.
31 Starting a small business.
32 Finding more friends.
33 Being set up on a blind date.
34 Hating the blind date.
35 Meeting a woman on the street and became friends.
36 Realizing what I really am.
37 Kissing the woman.
38 Marrying the woman.
39 Adopting a child.
40 The child going to school for the first time.
41 The child winning his basketball game.
42 A vacation to Japan.
43 A plane crashing.
44 A funeral.
45 Business failing.
46 Drugs and alcohol.
47 Shutting down business.
48 Gambling all savings.
49 Losing hope in everything.
50 Going to the top of the building where our office was.
51 Stairs.
52 More stairs.
53 Clouds in the sky.
54 A bird shitting on next to me.
55 A picture in my pocket.
56 A window.
57 More windows.
58 Screaming people.
59 The sidewalk.
60 Darkness.

COMMENTS? INSPIRED BY SOMETHING I CAN'T REMEMBER.​

 

[Shinigami357]

Yay! 100 pages [letter-sized], 35k words and almost 8 chapters. Never even once thought I'd be able to write a story like this. Still not done, though, so I'll have to keep working on it... Right now, though, I'm happy...

[back to writing]

 

[Shinigami357]

Double-post but... Meh.

Anyway, want to ask you guys, what time do you prefer to write? Which part of the day allows you to spin the words out seamlessly? Or do some of you just write when you feel like it [like a boss]? Are there specific pros/cons to whatever time you prefer write?

Personally, I write better at night, especially when it's past midnight. Less distraction, more time, and there's less chance of someone coming up behind me and going all critical on what I'm doing. Of course, there's the little payoff that I spend most of the morning asleep, but since I've not many friends [they're all busy with college] and all the cool shows on TV are usually at night, it doesn't really bother me.

The ease of writing I experience during that time frame is almost scary. A while ago I went through 2000+ words in less than 3 hours before I had to stop [don't ask; it's a story I'd rather not tell]. Of course, when it happens that my head is refusing to cooperate, it just means one night of staring at a monitor and being grumpy in the morning before I inevitably fall asleep.



PS
My short story for teh Writer's Guild doesn't look like it'll finish in time... Hm...

 

[Sterling]

Yea, my preferred time is midnight as well. If you can't finish the short by next Wednesday, don't sweat it. All that you'll get right now is a spot on the recognized member list.

 

[Shinigami357]

Update again [no, I don't care if no one's reading - writers write just to write... right?].

So, after a bad day [read my latest blog if you've a mind to do so; misery loves company right?] I've got my writing groove back on. I might finish Chapter 8 before I sleep -which is realistically 8 hours from now. The initial plan [a love story, yuck] wasn't quite working out, so I kinda shifted it a bit to make it more like a twisted drama/slice of life thing... Except it's still horror, of course... However, I will be making one out-and-out love story part toward the tail end of the chapter, because it's absolutely needed to tie up loose ends. The setup is just begging for it.

In other news, my other story is doing fine. I've been doing it when the main one isn't clicking in my head, and factoring in that it's more of a side-project at this point, it's reached 12k words already, and I'm pretty sure there's more to come.

Now if only this flu/cough would go away...

Hard to concentrate if your lungs are emptying themselves forcefully every few minutes.

Anyway, back to writing.

 

[Sterling]

Hey, I read this every time there is a new post. I do have a question though... Will you get your stories published?

 

[retKHAAAN]

Anyway, want to ask you guys, what time do you prefer to write? Which part of the day allows you to spin the words out seamlessly? Or do some of you just write when you feel like it [like a boss]? Are there specific pros/cons to whatever time you prefer write?

I tend to write whenever something comes to mind. In all honesty I write poetry simply because I don't have time for prose... Between my job, yard work, and a newborn my freetime has ceased to exist. The only writing time I get is my hour break at work. I try to spend between 30 minutes and an hour playing guitar around 10pm after I give my son a bath.

 

[Shinigami357]

Hey, I read this every time there is a new post. I do have a question though... Will you get your stories published?

I want to. Right now, though, I'm just happy to write.


@Old8oy - Enjoy it, man. Kids grow up too fast. Maybe he'll take after you and write poetry, too. All the best.

 

[Shinigami357]

Double-post again... But I haven't updated this for almost 3 weeks now, anyway...

...

Finished Chapter 8. 45k words now, surprisingly. I won't be able to finish this in my target date, from the looks of things. [I hate rushing. It makes for bad fiction, IMHO]

Anyway, will probably re-read and re-edit the whole story before doing Chapters 9-11. My head's already hurting from the prospect of all the mistakes and narrative errors I'll find, but it has to be done. After that, it's just a matter of finishing up.


...

On a slightly different matter, I've just switched over to backing up my documents online. If your work is all digital, I think it's a must to back it up. It would really suck to lose all that hard work from one effed up PC glitch, right? Thankfully it's never happened to me before [and hopefully never will]...


Anyway, am off to a long, long, LONG rereading.