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Aludra:
But you won't be stuck, either.

the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:

--- Quote from: Aludra on September 04, 2009, 07:07:18 PM ---But you won't be stuck, either.

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Writing something that is wrong and I know will be wrong is not better than writing nothing.

It can, in some cases, be worse.

Starbeam:

--- Quote from: neurovore on September 04, 2009, 07:05:21 PM ---Wouldn't work for me.  I can;t write a chapter in something that's working without learning something I did not know before; if I hop from chapter 8 to write chapter 15 and then go back, by the time I have the story through 9 and 10 and 11 and 12 and 13 and 14, it won;' come to the same 15 any more.

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And now I know how to explain to my b/f why I write linearly and have trouble with his suggestion of skipping over what has me stuck.

RobJN:
When I hit my "page 49," I took a little break, worked on a couple other projects, then came back after a bit. I read what I had written up to that point, and then picked the thread of the story back up. Ran with it for a ways, wasn't pleased with what I got. So I backed up, and tried again, doing a few things differently along the way. Still wasn't satisfied... I must have rewritten the two key scenes half a dozen times apiece before I got something that was almost decent.

I felt a bit like a sculptor working with dynamite. But when the smoke finally cleared, I had found what I needed amidst the various failed attempts: A bit here, a bit there that caught the spark of the storyline, or was precisely what I wanted a given character to say.

So, don't be afraid to keep writing. Or rewriting.

meg_evonne:
and ever and ever and ever rewriting....  :-)

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