Prior to word processors you pretty much had to start at the beginning and keep writing until the end.
Now the fear of physically copying and pasting and retyping is gone. Also you can go through a passage knowing that it is crap and knowing that you can go and fix it later.
Very often in my writing I have islands of text that I have to go back and connect with bridges.
My characters do not always behave the way I want them to. They do unexpected things. I find I have to go back and rearrange history to make what they eventually do plausible.
Does he actually have any ideas? Because getting the right words and written is hard, but there should be an idea behind the initiative to write to indicate any talent.
Templo S.U.D. over 2 years ago
“Sometimes we writers take hours just to find the right words.” ~Snoopy
sirbadger over 2 years ago
Maybe the Shining started this way where the writer was heckled by ghosts.
monkeysky over 2 years ago
In my experience, you don’t always need to start with the first word of the first sentence of chapter one.
The Reader Premium Member over 2 years ago
It may have been a dark and stormy night.
MayCauseBurns over 2 years ago
“ It was the best of times; it was the blurst of times…”
nsr60 over 2 years ago
James Joyce reportedly once said, “I got seven words today…but I don’t know what order they go in!”
dflak over 2 years ago
Prior to word processors you pretty much had to start at the beginning and keep writing until the end.
Now the fear of physically copying and pasting and retyping is gone. Also you can go through a passage knowing that it is crap and knowing that you can go and fix it later.
Very often in my writing I have islands of text that I have to go back and connect with bridges.
My characters do not always behave the way I want them to. They do unexpected things. I find I have to go back and rearrange history to make what they eventually do plausible.
zodismoon over 2 years ago
I find it always easier to just daydream for a while and then a story will come!
Twelve Badgers in a Suit Premium Member over 2 years ago
It doesn’t.
denny-king over 2 years ago
My novel has started out just fine, so far, I have “It was”, still working on the rest of it, not getting any easier.
Timothy Madigan Premium Member over 2 years ago
Total lack of talent would have written a lot of words.. but the “story” would be horrible
petermerck over 2 years ago
“The” Well I’m stumped.
mindjob over 2 years ago
The writing is the easiest part, its the brain surgery that’s the hardest
Publius10608218 over 2 years ago
Does he actually have any ideas? Because getting the right words and written is hard, but there should be an idea behind the initiative to write to indicate any talent.
TimothyP23 over 2 years ago
“Oh, it’s ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’ all over again!”
Dkram over 2 years ago
I know, “It was a dark and stormy night.”
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brooklyn51 over 2 years ago
That first word is a cork holding back the flood of creativity.
PaulGoes over 2 years ago
It was a dark and stormy night