Re: Plough through or correct as you go?
I hear ya. I think it's the knowing that I've figured the story out enough to start as opposed to getting it all detailed. the major plot points are always there, but by the time I get to the end it's ALWAYS different because something exciting emerges from the actual process of writing the script. I'll fill in the, "you should feel this way" from the scene.
figment, I envy you. I wish I could write out of order. I have started using place holders sometimes.
I don't hear dialogue ahead of time, that I know of, but it always spills out when I write the scene, so I guess somewhere inside it's already in me, I am just not consciously aware. I never really get stuck that way. I wish I could write out of sequence.
I do have a really strange process, where the main character's names are so important that I literally cannot start writing until I know their names. I have to feel it. Names have meaning and there's always symbolism for me in them.
I also print a hardcopy of my script and make revision notes by hand and use colorful post-it flags-- one color for a specific subplot, another for a character's dialogue that I want to focus on.
Writers, we are a crazy bunch.
Originally posted by TigerFang
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figment:
Interesting how other peoples' brains work.
I write scenes by hand until I've written about 50 percent of the script, before I start typing anything. I always write out of sequence. I use the most basic of outlines.
I start hearing the dialogue before anything else, before I have an actual plot, even. The relationships, what they sound like, what their attitude is towards their wife/husband/kids/boss -- I have that before a plot. I often have to force myself to keep the dialogue at bay until I can discover concretely what sort of script I'm writing. On the other hand, if I can't hear the character talking, I know I'll never finish the script.
I do 3-4 drafts before I can tell if it's actually something. Sometimes I write 80 pages and realize there isn't enough "there" there, so I stop and try to write something else.
I've tried to plot extensively before. It simply does not work for me. I'm amazed at the people in this thread that start at page one and write in sequential order, through to the end. There is no way I could ever do that.
Interesting how other peoples' brains work.
I write scenes by hand until I've written about 50 percent of the script, before I start typing anything. I always write out of sequence. I use the most basic of outlines.
I start hearing the dialogue before anything else, before I have an actual plot, even. The relationships, what they sound like, what their attitude is towards their wife/husband/kids/boss -- I have that before a plot. I often have to force myself to keep the dialogue at bay until I can discover concretely what sort of script I'm writing. On the other hand, if I can't hear the character talking, I know I'll never finish the script.
I do 3-4 drafts before I can tell if it's actually something. Sometimes I write 80 pages and realize there isn't enough "there" there, so I stop and try to write something else.
I've tried to plot extensively before. It simply does not work for me. I'm amazed at the people in this thread that start at page one and write in sequential order, through to the end. There is no way I could ever do that.
I don't hear dialogue ahead of time, that I know of, but it always spills out when I write the scene, so I guess somewhere inside it's already in me, I am just not consciously aware. I never really get stuck that way. I wish I could write out of sequence.
I do have a really strange process, where the main character's names are so important that I literally cannot start writing until I know their names. I have to feel it. Names have meaning and there's always symbolism for me in them.
I also print a hardcopy of my script and make revision notes by hand and use colorful post-it flags-- one color for a specific subplot, another for a character's dialogue that I want to focus on.
Writers, we are a crazy bunch.
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