If i have a scene or image in my head, something i really want to write, than it takes me no time at all to write quite a lot of words. Once i get to what feels like a natural stopping point, i'll go back and re-read and tweak and just...revel in having that bit out into the 'open air', as it were.
But then i usually don't write anything on the fic for a day or so, and just mull over where i'm going next. I usually have quite a lot of a fic in my head, but it takes me getting to particular stepping stones to get out big chunks of it.
I can stall for *weeks* if i can't get past a certain plot-point that's unclear or that i don't like or am trying to work into the story when it's *not* workable. Once i finally give up and say 'fine, that's out', then i'll usually have another big burst of creative energy 'cause i'm not hobbling myself anymore trying to *force* a point.
I tend not to have anything more than vague ideas in mind for a whole story - sometimes just one or two scenes or lines i really want to use - and, for instance, with this apocabigbang, i had no real clue how it ended until about a week ago, and i'd been thinking about it since November! That doesn't usually keep me from writing, though - i just fill in and fill in until i can figure out exactly where i'm going.
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If i have a scene or image in my head, something i really want to write, than it takes me no time at all to write quite a lot of words. Once i get to what feels like a natural stopping point, i'll go back and re-read and tweak and just...revel in having that bit out into the 'open air', as it were.
But then i usually don't write anything on the fic for a day or so, and just mull over where i'm going next. I usually have quite a lot of a fic in my head, but it takes me getting to particular stepping stones to get out big chunks of it.
I can stall for *weeks* if i can't get past a certain plot-point that's unclear or that i don't like or am trying to work into the story when it's *not* workable. Once i finally give up and say 'fine, that's out', then i'll usually have another big burst of creative energy 'cause i'm not hobbling myself anymore trying to *force* a point.
I tend not to have anything more than vague ideas in mind for a whole story - sometimes just one or two scenes or lines i really want to use - and, for instance, with this apocabigbang, i had no real clue how it ended until about a week ago, and i'd been thinking about it since November! That doesn't usually keep me from writing, though - i just fill in and fill in until i can figure out exactly where i'm going.
:)