Wow. I actually write like that too. The word-hearing, I mean. I don't go and outline what I want to write like, "first this scene and then has to happen this but not before that has happened, and than she has to say this so that can happen-"; I get an idea (from nowhere, or inspired from bad stories I read that I think I could do better), and it grows in my head for a few days, and when it grew a head (a beginning), I start writing. I just go with the flow; see what happens almost like some kind of reader. Now that I think about it more, I don't know exactly how I write. I just have the main facts in my mind, and a few scenes (never connected) that I've played in my head, and I work towards the point they happen, but not like a "goal" way, but in a "the way is the goal" way. If I'm making sense. I'm not sure I am. I actually see what I'm going to write in my head, but not in pictures.
And I do that with the stories, too. I love looking out of the window so I can daydream, and I often do "people watching", only without the people and without consciously doing it - most times without even noticing it. There are stories everywhere around me, things that remind me of stories, or things that cause stories. I'm not sure I'm describing the normal process of thinking right now, though... I don't do that with other people's stories or books, though. I take them as they are; only if they annoy me because I can't stand a character's reaction because it's totally stupid in my opinion, but then I usually rant about them instead of thinking about what would happen if they were somebody else. It's an interesting thought, though.
And now that I talked about the two points I feel most close to, I can talk about the others as well.
Revising - I don't do it either. I write and when the storie is either finished or I am finished, I close the document and do something else (most times, read). When my mind is totally clear again, I reread it, change a word here or a typo there, sometimes add or change a sentence, but I go with feelings, not with logic. When I feel that it's not perfect, then I won't do anything with it.
I also write daily, but in phases. There are times I don't write at all because I simply don't feel like it, and then there are times I do nothing but. Though I read that one should write everyday, even if you really don't feel like it and only get a few sentences done, or you will lose motivation. (Stephenie Meyer wrote that on her homepage, in case you were wondering.)
Typing. I learned it around eight years ago (I was eleven then, I think); my mother made my sister and me attend a class because at the time, we discovered computers and she thought we should. I simply don't know what typing without ten fingers is like. (Though I can imagine it must be horribly frustrating.)
And fast - I'm not. I have my own pace, and that pace is nonexistent. I work on the story I like best at the moment, and I open the document, read the last sentence, write as much as I feel like, and sometimes I'm fast (I can be pretty fast; very rarely, though, and I don't keep track of how much I write then), sometimes I'm not (mostly because I go and do something else in the middle of writing without even noticing). I think I don't have enough focus :/ (and determination and stubborness and everything else you need to actually stick to something.) ...actually, I think I have more of a child's mind. I'm random. :<
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Date: 2008-05-31 01:43 am (UTC)Now that I think about it more, I don't know exactly how I write. I just have the main facts in my mind, and a few scenes (never connected) that I've played in my head, and I work towards the point they happen, but not like a "goal" way, but in a "the way is the goal" way. If I'm making sense. I'm not sure I am.
I actually see what I'm going to write in my head, but not in pictures.
And I do that with the stories, too. I love looking out of the window so I can daydream, and I often do "people watching", only without the people and without consciously doing it - most times without even noticing it. There are stories everywhere around me, things that remind me of stories, or things that cause stories. I'm not sure I'm describing the normal process of thinking right now, though...
I don't do that with other people's stories or books, though. I take them as they are; only if they annoy me because I can't stand a character's reaction because it's totally stupid in my opinion, but then I usually rant about them instead of thinking about what would happen if they were somebody else. It's an interesting thought, though.
And now that I talked about the two points I feel most close to, I can talk about the others as well.
Revising - I don't do it either. I write and when the storie is either finished or I am finished, I close the document and do something else (most times, read). When my mind is totally clear again, I reread it, change a word here or a typo there, sometimes add or change a sentence, but I go with feelings, not with logic. When I feel that it's not perfect, then I won't do anything with it.
I also write daily, but in phases. There are times I don't write at all because I simply don't feel like it, and then there are times I do nothing but. Though I read that one should write everyday, even if you really don't feel like it and only get a few sentences done, or you will lose motivation. (Stephenie Meyer wrote that on her homepage, in case you were wondering.)
Typing. I learned it around eight years ago (I was eleven then, I think); my mother made my sister and me attend a class because at the time, we discovered computers and she thought we should. I simply don't know what typing without ten fingers is like. (Though I can imagine it must be horribly frustrating.)
And fast - I'm not. I have my own pace, and that pace is nonexistent. I work on the story I like best at the moment, and I open the document, read the last sentence, write as much as I feel like, and sometimes I'm fast (I can be pretty fast; very rarely, though, and I don't keep track of how much I write then), sometimes I'm not (mostly because I go and do something else in the middle of writing without even noticing). I think I don't have enough focus :/ (and determination and stubborness and everything else you need to actually stick to something.)
...actually, I think I have more of a child's mind. I'm random. :<
...I'm done ranting now. Sorry! xD;