I for one like to imagine myself standing at the scene and describe it as a narrator who isn't a part of the cast. But sometimes to lessen the burden on my poor grammar I tend to use a character's POV, this makes it a lot easier to work around the plainness of the writing by injecting the character's personality and thoughts in how they describe the situation. Kinda like how each person's diaries sound different from the others.
How do you go about writing your books?
I'm the opposite I try injext myself as the character and write what i would say if i was them
It depends on the story being written. If I'm writing a romance then the story is character driven either first person or third person limited. If I'm doing action then the story relies on a skeleton outline of events that trigger cause and effect. Generally played out in third person limited.
I kind of consider the approach of each story slightly differently to suit the theme, tone and impact I want from them.
I'm more of a gardener than an architect when it comes to writing. On a very rare occasions though, I might do some extremely general outlining for a specific scene or plotline I want to write.
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With Microsoft Word and a keyboard.
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Hi. Well, for a start, I'm a new author just yet, so I don't have much of an opinion on this subject.
At first, I like to look for the character's feelings, so that there is not much confusion in that character. However, my tactic comes down to defining this in subtlety, sometimes leaving important feelings hidden so that it inspires confusion and frustration in the reader. The second way I use it is to play myself as a character, but invisible. It sounds like I'm on the scene, seeing and hearing everything with my own ears and eyes, reporting everything that happened with emotions flowing from my voice. Third narrative is the most similar to this, but sometimes I like to add the MC's own thought, for example.
I slam my face down the keyboard and cry.
Eventually, a chapter appears, after a very long time of lost rolling crying.
I found that having an outline, no matter how random/messy really helps direct that suffering called writing in a timely manner.
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I generally have spontaneous background music playing inside my brain and play a live drama inside my head with major plot points of my story as directories as I write.
I also insert a part of myself as the character and think of what I would do with the setting it had and if I didnt care about sh!t. Somehow, I always end up indirectly stirring said #S-word, so there is no need to worry about progression
When I dont write, aiming to brainstorm, I still have random bgm playing inside my head but only think of major plot/detail points in the story.
When I dont do neither with nothing to do I am typically day dreaming.
When I tell myself I should write I then run away to more important work I havent done yet. When I do that work for too long I run away to write. Once Im writing or desigining (game or storyline; aiming to be self employed), I add the following lines of words inside my head along with the bgm thats on in my head through most of the day
"D*mn. Think of the future."
"Think of how fun it is to read this."
"Tell yourself this is the most fun you've ever had in life."
"Think of the readers that keep asking for more or threatening to kill you."
"Is this the meaning to life?"
Then when I edit, my bgm slows and the story comes to a standstill as I read what I wrote on the bright screen to fix edits and tell myself:
"Remember..."
"Imagine how much your pet would look up to you"
"Er..."
"Blergh-..."
"This is what your mother gave birth for..."
Afterwards I run away to any real form of entertainment in the fearful case I might kill myself from the overwhelming load of procrastination that came out of nowhere.
Once I head to bed and watch the bars close away, I finally think to myself before I sleep
"Ah... So this must be what a contract will feel like..."
I write in the middle of boring work meetings, as a way to stay awake.
I plop myself down, take a sip of wine, start a classical music playlist, strike a pose and hit the keyboard as if it is a piano. (Seriously, it's either that or I eat chocolate and write)
I don't think when I write so my works could get a bit messy.
Shadowfang I understand how you feel. I have a clear outline for the major events in both my books, yet I find it hard to write them down. That's why the second volume of my ongoing story ended up three times the size it should've been, because the details kept coming as I typed.
lol! No old school pen and paper?
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