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q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfg9f87 | hfgbvw6 | 1,633,415,376 | 1,633,417,431 | 5 | 10 | Can’t recommend this highly enough. Get some mini moleskines and take em wherever you go. Physically writing the stuff down will help to you fully flesh out the idea and use coherent sentences instead of just spewing words forth into your device. I write down anything, cool dialogue idea I had, funny insult, great quote, story idea, chapter name / structure. Looking back over those notes is soooo helpful and often serves as a great little imagination kick starter. Great for when the dreaded ‘block’ creeps in. Larry David does this and it’s how he got most of the ideas for Seinfeld, by just writing down quirky little things he encountered throughout the day. He lost one of those books one time and said he never had any of those ideas again. This is one of the reasons why I recommend a moleskine vs relying solely on technology. I definitely keep a backed up uber note on my phone, but even then I’ve lost stuff through tech being tech. | I thought this is no brainer. Some plot points and ideas that I made up on the fly turned out to be one of the most important marks in the stories, meanwhile there are certain things I spent a lot of time to prepare didn't even happen at all. Writing is unpredictable and you better to note down any ideas possible even if they sound silly at first. | 0 | 2,055 | 2 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfg920z | hfgbvw6 | 1,633,415,071 | 1,633,417,431 | 2 | 10 | Thanks so much for the advice! It's quite difficult to grasp stories when they are merely forming concepts in our minds. Information regarding my stories tends to get scattered around whenever I try to write them. Looking back on my old writing no matter how embarrassing it may be, with a new point of view and lessons I learned along the way is a great place for inspiration indeed! | I thought this is no brainer. Some plot points and ideas that I made up on the fly turned out to be one of the most important marks in the stories, meanwhile there are certain things I spent a lot of time to prepare didn't even happen at all. Writing is unpredictable and you better to note down any ideas possible even if they sound silly at first. | 0 | 2,360 | 5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfgn9sn | hfg9f87 | 1,633,428,391 | 1,633,415,376 | 11 | 5 | Another tip: Keep a notepad and pen next to your bed. I woke up so many times in the middle of a night with great ideas, only to wake again the following morning remembering nothing aside from the fact I'd had an idea. If I quickly sit up and write it down, I remember it. Only problem is that sometimes if I don't wake up properly, I just jot down a few words that I suppose my sleep-addled brain think will jog my memory in the morning but which usually just leave me bewildered and confused. | Can’t recommend this highly enough. Get some mini moleskines and take em wherever you go. Physically writing the stuff down will help to you fully flesh out the idea and use coherent sentences instead of just spewing words forth into your device. I write down anything, cool dialogue idea I had, funny insult, great quote, story idea, chapter name / structure. Looking back over those notes is soooo helpful and often serves as a great little imagination kick starter. Great for when the dreaded ‘block’ creeps in. Larry David does this and it’s how he got most of the ideas for Seinfeld, by just writing down quirky little things he encountered throughout the day. He lost one of those books one time and said he never had any of those ideas again. This is one of the reasons why I recommend a moleskine vs relying solely on technology. I definitely keep a backed up uber note on my phone, but even then I’ve lost stuff through tech being tech. | 1 | 13,015 | 2.2 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfgfv5m | hfgn9sn | 1,633,421,212 | 1,633,428,391 | 5 | 11 | >Like if me and past me were a team I love this line. Also, this is great advice! I love going back and reading old story ideas that I had forgotten about. | Another tip: Keep a notepad and pen next to your bed. I woke up so many times in the middle of a night with great ideas, only to wake again the following morning remembering nothing aside from the fact I'd had an idea. If I quickly sit up and write it down, I remember it. Only problem is that sometimes if I don't wake up properly, I just jot down a few words that I suppose my sleep-addled brain think will jog my memory in the morning but which usually just leave me bewildered and confused. | 0 | 7,179 | 2.2 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfgn9sn | hfg920z | 1,633,428,391 | 1,633,415,071 | 11 | 2 | Another tip: Keep a notepad and pen next to your bed. I woke up so many times in the middle of a night with great ideas, only to wake again the following morning remembering nothing aside from the fact I'd had an idea. If I quickly sit up and write it down, I remember it. Only problem is that sometimes if I don't wake up properly, I just jot down a few words that I suppose my sleep-addled brain think will jog my memory in the morning but which usually just leave me bewildered and confused. | Thanks so much for the advice! It's quite difficult to grasp stories when they are merely forming concepts in our minds. Information regarding my stories tends to get scattered around whenever I try to write them. Looking back on my old writing no matter how embarrassing it may be, with a new point of view and lessons I learned along the way is a great place for inspiration indeed! | 1 | 13,320 | 5.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfgn9sn | hfgfvbk | 1,633,428,391 | 1,633,421,217 | 11 | 2 | Another tip: Keep a notepad and pen next to your bed. I woke up so many times in the middle of a night with great ideas, only to wake again the following morning remembering nothing aside from the fact I'd had an idea. If I quickly sit up and write it down, I remember it. Only problem is that sometimes if I don't wake up properly, I just jot down a few words that I suppose my sleep-addled brain think will jog my memory in the morning but which usually just leave me bewildered and confused. | Especially true for me when I'm trying to fall asleep! I've had so many ideas lying in bed too lazy to get out and find a paper or go to the computer that I thought were so strong that it would be impossible for me to forget them. When I wake up the next day they are gone forever. I'll never know if they were really as good as I thought or if that's just the hazy about to fall asleep logic. Now I keep a pad by the bed. Better safe than sorry. | 1 | 7,174 | 5.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfgn9sn | hfgkfkk | 1,633,428,391 | 1,633,425,713 | 11 | 2 | Another tip: Keep a notepad and pen next to your bed. I woke up so many times in the middle of a night with great ideas, only to wake again the following morning remembering nothing aside from the fact I'd had an idea. If I quickly sit up and write it down, I remember it. Only problem is that sometimes if I don't wake up properly, I just jot down a few words that I suppose my sleep-addled brain think will jog my memory in the morning but which usually just leave me bewildered and confused. | I have notes in my phone for: 1. Story ideas 2. Character name ideas 3. Weird beautiful phrases I would like to write in my stories (archaic, neologism, self-made, proverbs, a part of dialogue etc) | 1 | 2,678 | 5.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfhw81i | hfg9f87 | 1,633,451,808 | 1,633,415,376 | 7 | 5 | lol I do that too!! On OneNote I have a notebook full of nearly four years' worth of ideas called "CREATIVERSE" (my younger self thought she was being witty XD but I honor her coinage for starting this whole thing). | Can’t recommend this highly enough. Get some mini moleskines and take em wherever you go. Physically writing the stuff down will help to you fully flesh out the idea and use coherent sentences instead of just spewing words forth into your device. I write down anything, cool dialogue idea I had, funny insult, great quote, story idea, chapter name / structure. Looking back over those notes is soooo helpful and often serves as a great little imagination kick starter. Great for when the dreaded ‘block’ creeps in. Larry David does this and it’s how he got most of the ideas for Seinfeld, by just writing down quirky little things he encountered throughout the day. He lost one of those books one time and said he never had any of those ideas again. This is one of the reasons why I recommend a moleskine vs relying solely on technology. I definitely keep a backed up uber note on my phone, but even then I’ve lost stuff through tech being tech. | 1 | 36,432 | 1.4 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfhw81i | hfgfv5m | 1,633,451,808 | 1,633,421,212 | 7 | 5 | lol I do that too!! On OneNote I have a notebook full of nearly four years' worth of ideas called "CREATIVERSE" (my younger self thought she was being witty XD but I honor her coinage for starting this whole thing). | >Like if me and past me were a team I love this line. Also, this is great advice! I love going back and reading old story ideas that I had forgotten about. | 1 | 30,596 | 1.4 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfhw81i | hfgocc8 | 1,633,451,808 | 1,633,429,330 | 7 | 6 | lol I do that too!! On OneNote I have a notebook full of nearly four years' worth of ideas called "CREATIVERSE" (my younger self thought she was being witty XD but I honor her coinage for starting this whole thing). | Better advice... *expand* your notes! Just the other day I came across one of my notes and all it said was 'silk stockings circle' and I can't figure out what I meant XD | 1 | 22,478 | 1.166667 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfh09gj | hfhw81i | 1,633,437,515 | 1,633,451,808 | 4 | 7 | I have never regretted taking notes while out and about and not only has almost every single one ended up in my stories, but they've almost always been some of THE BEST parts, that hit the hardest, as well. | lol I do that too!! On OneNote I have a notebook full of nearly four years' worth of ideas called "CREATIVERSE" (my younger self thought she was being witty XD but I honor her coinage for starting this whole thing). | 0 | 14,293 | 1.75 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfhw81i | hfhcbc0 | 1,633,451,808 | 1,633,443,389 | 7 | 4 | lol I do that too!! On OneNote I have a notebook full of nearly four years' worth of ideas called "CREATIVERSE" (my younger self thought she was being witty XD but I honor her coinage for starting this whole thing). | I have so many notes it’s ridiculous. I actually got halfway to organizing them last year but now I’ve accumulated even more. I just need to sit down and organize them. | 1 | 8,419 | 1.75 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfhw81i | hfh4fp4 | 1,633,451,808 | 1,633,439,670 | 7 | 4 | lol I do that too!! On OneNote I have a notebook full of nearly four years' worth of ideas called "CREATIVERSE" (my younger self thought she was being witty XD but I honor her coinage for starting this whole thing). | Back in the day before personal electronics, my Dad (writer of books about education) always carried 3"x5" cards in his pocket. Every new idea got jotted down on its own card. Eventually he would organize the cards into an outline form, and start writing the various chapters of the next book. | 1 | 12,138 | 1.75 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfhtwtd | hfhw81i | 1,633,450,876 | 1,633,451,808 | 3 | 7 | This is awesome advice! I have, over the past couple of years, learned to trust my unconscious more and more when it comes to writing. Treating your unconscious like the wellspring of ideas that it is, is essential for combatting writer's block. I think it's better to pen a few notes of seemingly nonsensical gibberish than it is to keep it locked up inside -- especially if one is a writer. You never know when that nonsensical gibberish will come in handy one day. | lol I do that too!! On OneNote I have a notebook full of nearly four years' worth of ideas called "CREATIVERSE" (my younger self thought she was being witty XD but I honor her coinage for starting this whole thing). | 0 | 932 | 2.333333 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfhw81i | hfg920z | 1,633,451,808 | 1,633,415,071 | 7 | 2 | lol I do that too!! On OneNote I have a notebook full of nearly four years' worth of ideas called "CREATIVERSE" (my younger self thought she was being witty XD but I honor her coinage for starting this whole thing). | Thanks so much for the advice! It's quite difficult to grasp stories when they are merely forming concepts in our minds. Information regarding my stories tends to get scattered around whenever I try to write them. Looking back on my old writing no matter how embarrassing it may be, with a new point of view and lessons I learned along the way is a great place for inspiration indeed! | 1 | 36,737 | 3.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfgfvbk | hfhw81i | 1,633,421,217 | 1,633,451,808 | 2 | 7 | Especially true for me when I'm trying to fall asleep! I've had so many ideas lying in bed too lazy to get out and find a paper or go to the computer that I thought were so strong that it would be impossible for me to forget them. When I wake up the next day they are gone forever. I'll never know if they were really as good as I thought or if that's just the hazy about to fall asleep logic. Now I keep a pad by the bed. Better safe than sorry. | lol I do that too!! On OneNote I have a notebook full of nearly four years' worth of ideas called "CREATIVERSE" (my younger self thought she was being witty XD but I honor her coinage for starting this whole thing). | 0 | 30,591 | 3.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfhw81i | hfgkfkk | 1,633,451,808 | 1,633,425,713 | 7 | 2 | lol I do that too!! On OneNote I have a notebook full of nearly four years' worth of ideas called "CREATIVERSE" (my younger self thought she was being witty XD but I honor her coinage for starting this whole thing). | I have notes in my phone for: 1. Story ideas 2. Character name ideas 3. Weird beautiful phrases I would like to write in my stories (archaic, neologism, self-made, proverbs, a part of dialogue etc) | 1 | 26,095 | 3.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfhsp5q | hfhw81i | 1,633,450,390 | 1,633,451,808 | 2 | 7 | I've used this a LOT in my life. Extremely useful tip! | lol I do that too!! On OneNote I have a notebook full of nearly four years' worth of ideas called "CREATIVERSE" (my younger self thought she was being witty XD but I honor her coinage for starting this whole thing). | 0 | 1,418 | 3.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfhw81i | hfhtbp8 | 1,633,451,808 | 1,633,450,641 | 7 | 2 | lol I do that too!! On OneNote I have a notebook full of nearly four years' worth of ideas called "CREATIVERSE" (my younger self thought she was being witty XD but I honor her coinage for starting this whole thing). | That’s why in my notes organization I have a file in all my projects titled Just Write, where I can just jot down any and all ideas that I’ve had for that project in a moment where I can’t sit and dive deeper into those thoughts. Always so helpful. | 1 | 1,167 | 3.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfg9f87 | hfgocc8 | 1,633,415,376 | 1,633,429,330 | 5 | 6 | Can’t recommend this highly enough. Get some mini moleskines and take em wherever you go. Physically writing the stuff down will help to you fully flesh out the idea and use coherent sentences instead of just spewing words forth into your device. I write down anything, cool dialogue idea I had, funny insult, great quote, story idea, chapter name / structure. Looking back over those notes is soooo helpful and often serves as a great little imagination kick starter. Great for when the dreaded ‘block’ creeps in. Larry David does this and it’s how he got most of the ideas for Seinfeld, by just writing down quirky little things he encountered throughout the day. He lost one of those books one time and said he never had any of those ideas again. This is one of the reasons why I recommend a moleskine vs relying solely on technology. I definitely keep a backed up uber note on my phone, but even then I’ve lost stuff through tech being tech. | Better advice... *expand* your notes! Just the other day I came across one of my notes and all it said was 'silk stockings circle' and I can't figure out what I meant XD | 0 | 13,954 | 1.2 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfg920z | hfg9f87 | 1,633,415,071 | 1,633,415,376 | 2 | 5 | Thanks so much for the advice! It's quite difficult to grasp stories when they are merely forming concepts in our minds. Information regarding my stories tends to get scattered around whenever I try to write them. Looking back on my old writing no matter how embarrassing it may be, with a new point of view and lessons I learned along the way is a great place for inspiration indeed! | Can’t recommend this highly enough. Get some mini moleskines and take em wherever you go. Physically writing the stuff down will help to you fully flesh out the idea and use coherent sentences instead of just spewing words forth into your device. I write down anything, cool dialogue idea I had, funny insult, great quote, story idea, chapter name / structure. Looking back over those notes is soooo helpful and often serves as a great little imagination kick starter. Great for when the dreaded ‘block’ creeps in. Larry David does this and it’s how he got most of the ideas for Seinfeld, by just writing down quirky little things he encountered throughout the day. He lost one of those books one time and said he never had any of those ideas again. This is one of the reasons why I recommend a moleskine vs relying solely on technology. I definitely keep a backed up uber note on my phone, but even then I’ve lost stuff through tech being tech. | 0 | 305 | 2.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfgocc8 | hfgfv5m | 1,633,429,330 | 1,633,421,212 | 6 | 5 | Better advice... *expand* your notes! Just the other day I came across one of my notes and all it said was 'silk stockings circle' and I can't figure out what I meant XD | >Like if me and past me were a team I love this line. Also, this is great advice! I love going back and reading old story ideas that I had forgotten about. | 1 | 8,118 | 1.2 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfgfv5m | hfg920z | 1,633,421,212 | 1,633,415,071 | 5 | 2 | >Like if me and past me were a team I love this line. Also, this is great advice! I love going back and reading old story ideas that I had forgotten about. | Thanks so much for the advice! It's quite difficult to grasp stories when they are merely forming concepts in our minds. Information regarding my stories tends to get scattered around whenever I try to write them. Looking back on my old writing no matter how embarrassing it may be, with a new point of view and lessons I learned along the way is a great place for inspiration indeed! | 1 | 6,141 | 2.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfgocc8 | hfg920z | 1,633,429,330 | 1,633,415,071 | 6 | 2 | Better advice... *expand* your notes! Just the other day I came across one of my notes and all it said was 'silk stockings circle' and I can't figure out what I meant XD | Thanks so much for the advice! It's quite difficult to grasp stories when they are merely forming concepts in our minds. Information regarding my stories tends to get scattered around whenever I try to write them. Looking back on my old writing no matter how embarrassing it may be, with a new point of view and lessons I learned along the way is a great place for inspiration indeed! | 1 | 14,259 | 3 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfgfvbk | hfgocc8 | 1,633,421,217 | 1,633,429,330 | 2 | 6 | Especially true for me when I'm trying to fall asleep! I've had so many ideas lying in bed too lazy to get out and find a paper or go to the computer that I thought were so strong that it would be impossible for me to forget them. When I wake up the next day they are gone forever. I'll never know if they were really as good as I thought or if that's just the hazy about to fall asleep logic. Now I keep a pad by the bed. Better safe than sorry. | Better advice... *expand* your notes! Just the other day I came across one of my notes and all it said was 'silk stockings circle' and I can't figure out what I meant XD | 0 | 8,113 | 3 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfgkfkk | hfgocc8 | 1,633,425,713 | 1,633,429,330 | 2 | 6 | I have notes in my phone for: 1. Story ideas 2. Character name ideas 3. Weird beautiful phrases I would like to write in my stories (archaic, neologism, self-made, proverbs, a part of dialogue etc) | Better advice... *expand* your notes! Just the other day I came across one of my notes and all it said was 'silk stockings circle' and I can't figure out what I meant XD | 0 | 3,617 | 3 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfh09gj | hfg920z | 1,633,437,515 | 1,633,415,071 | 4 | 2 | I have never regretted taking notes while out and about and not only has almost every single one ended up in my stories, but they've almost always been some of THE BEST parts, that hit the hardest, as well. | Thanks so much for the advice! It's quite difficult to grasp stories when they are merely forming concepts in our minds. Information regarding my stories tends to get scattered around whenever I try to write them. Looking back on my old writing no matter how embarrassing it may be, with a new point of view and lessons I learned along the way is a great place for inspiration indeed! | 1 | 22,444 | 2 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfgfvbk | hfh09gj | 1,633,421,217 | 1,633,437,515 | 2 | 4 | Especially true for me when I'm trying to fall asleep! I've had so many ideas lying in bed too lazy to get out and find a paper or go to the computer that I thought were so strong that it would be impossible for me to forget them. When I wake up the next day they are gone forever. I'll never know if they were really as good as I thought or if that's just the hazy about to fall asleep logic. Now I keep a pad by the bed. Better safe than sorry. | I have never regretted taking notes while out and about and not only has almost every single one ended up in my stories, but they've almost always been some of THE BEST parts, that hit the hardest, as well. | 0 | 16,298 | 2 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfgkfkk | hfh09gj | 1,633,425,713 | 1,633,437,515 | 2 | 4 | I have notes in my phone for: 1. Story ideas 2. Character name ideas 3. Weird beautiful phrases I would like to write in my stories (archaic, neologism, self-made, proverbs, a part of dialogue etc) | I have never regretted taking notes while out and about and not only has almost every single one ended up in my stories, but they've almost always been some of THE BEST parts, that hit the hardest, as well. | 0 | 11,802 | 2 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfg920z | hfhcbc0 | 1,633,415,071 | 1,633,443,389 | 2 | 4 | Thanks so much for the advice! It's quite difficult to grasp stories when they are merely forming concepts in our minds. Information regarding my stories tends to get scattered around whenever I try to write them. Looking back on my old writing no matter how embarrassing it may be, with a new point of view and lessons I learned along the way is a great place for inspiration indeed! | I have so many notes it’s ridiculous. I actually got halfway to organizing them last year but now I’ve accumulated even more. I just need to sit down and organize them. | 0 | 28,318 | 2 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfgfvbk | hfhcbc0 | 1,633,421,217 | 1,633,443,389 | 2 | 4 | Especially true for me when I'm trying to fall asleep! I've had so many ideas lying in bed too lazy to get out and find a paper or go to the computer that I thought were so strong that it would be impossible for me to forget them. When I wake up the next day they are gone forever. I'll never know if they were really as good as I thought or if that's just the hazy about to fall asleep logic. Now I keep a pad by the bed. Better safe than sorry. | I have so many notes it’s ridiculous. I actually got halfway to organizing them last year but now I’ve accumulated even more. I just need to sit down and organize them. | 0 | 22,172 | 2 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfhcbc0 | hfgkfkk | 1,633,443,389 | 1,633,425,713 | 4 | 2 | I have so many notes it’s ridiculous. I actually got halfway to organizing them last year but now I’ve accumulated even more. I just need to sit down and organize them. | I have notes in my phone for: 1. Story ideas 2. Character name ideas 3. Weird beautiful phrases I would like to write in my stories (archaic, neologism, self-made, proverbs, a part of dialogue etc) | 1 | 17,676 | 2 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfg920z | hfh4fp4 | 1,633,415,071 | 1,633,439,670 | 2 | 4 | Thanks so much for the advice! It's quite difficult to grasp stories when they are merely forming concepts in our minds. Information regarding my stories tends to get scattered around whenever I try to write them. Looking back on my old writing no matter how embarrassing it may be, with a new point of view and lessons I learned along the way is a great place for inspiration indeed! | Back in the day before personal electronics, my Dad (writer of books about education) always carried 3"x5" cards in his pocket. Every new idea got jotted down on its own card. Eventually he would organize the cards into an outline form, and start writing the various chapters of the next book. | 0 | 24,599 | 2 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfgfvbk | hfh4fp4 | 1,633,421,217 | 1,633,439,670 | 2 | 4 | Especially true for me when I'm trying to fall asleep! I've had so many ideas lying in bed too lazy to get out and find a paper or go to the computer that I thought were so strong that it would be impossible for me to forget them. When I wake up the next day they are gone forever. I'll never know if they were really as good as I thought or if that's just the hazy about to fall asleep logic. Now I keep a pad by the bed. Better safe than sorry. | Back in the day before personal electronics, my Dad (writer of books about education) always carried 3"x5" cards in his pocket. Every new idea got jotted down on its own card. Eventually he would organize the cards into an outline form, and start writing the various chapters of the next book. | 0 | 18,453 | 2 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfgkfkk | hfh4fp4 | 1,633,425,713 | 1,633,439,670 | 2 | 4 | I have notes in my phone for: 1. Story ideas 2. Character name ideas 3. Weird beautiful phrases I would like to write in my stories (archaic, neologism, self-made, proverbs, a part of dialogue etc) | Back in the day before personal electronics, my Dad (writer of books about education) always carried 3"x5" cards in his pocket. Every new idea got jotted down on its own card. Eventually he would organize the cards into an outline form, and start writing the various chapters of the next book. | 0 | 13,957 | 2 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfhtwtd | hfg920z | 1,633,450,876 | 1,633,415,071 | 3 | 2 | This is awesome advice! I have, over the past couple of years, learned to trust my unconscious more and more when it comes to writing. Treating your unconscious like the wellspring of ideas that it is, is essential for combatting writer's block. I think it's better to pen a few notes of seemingly nonsensical gibberish than it is to keep it locked up inside -- especially if one is a writer. You never know when that nonsensical gibberish will come in handy one day. | Thanks so much for the advice! It's quite difficult to grasp stories when they are merely forming concepts in our minds. Information regarding my stories tends to get scattered around whenever I try to write them. Looking back on my old writing no matter how embarrassing it may be, with a new point of view and lessons I learned along the way is a great place for inspiration indeed! | 1 | 35,805 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfgfvbk | hfhtwtd | 1,633,421,217 | 1,633,450,876 | 2 | 3 | Especially true for me when I'm trying to fall asleep! I've had so many ideas lying in bed too lazy to get out and find a paper or go to the computer that I thought were so strong that it would be impossible for me to forget them. When I wake up the next day they are gone forever. I'll never know if they were really as good as I thought or if that's just the hazy about to fall asleep logic. Now I keep a pad by the bed. Better safe than sorry. | This is awesome advice! I have, over the past couple of years, learned to trust my unconscious more and more when it comes to writing. Treating your unconscious like the wellspring of ideas that it is, is essential for combatting writer's block. I think it's better to pen a few notes of seemingly nonsensical gibberish than it is to keep it locked up inside -- especially if one is a writer. You never know when that nonsensical gibberish will come in handy one day. | 0 | 29,659 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfgkfkk | hfhtwtd | 1,633,425,713 | 1,633,450,876 | 2 | 3 | I have notes in my phone for: 1. Story ideas 2. Character name ideas 3. Weird beautiful phrases I would like to write in my stories (archaic, neologism, self-made, proverbs, a part of dialogue etc) | This is awesome advice! I have, over the past couple of years, learned to trust my unconscious more and more when it comes to writing. Treating your unconscious like the wellspring of ideas that it is, is essential for combatting writer's block. I think it's better to pen a few notes of seemingly nonsensical gibberish than it is to keep it locked up inside -- especially if one is a writer. You never know when that nonsensical gibberish will come in handy one day. | 0 | 25,163 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfhtwtd | hfhsp5q | 1,633,450,876 | 1,633,450,390 | 3 | 2 | This is awesome advice! I have, over the past couple of years, learned to trust my unconscious more and more when it comes to writing. Treating your unconscious like the wellspring of ideas that it is, is essential for combatting writer's block. I think it's better to pen a few notes of seemingly nonsensical gibberish than it is to keep it locked up inside -- especially if one is a writer. You never know when that nonsensical gibberish will come in handy one day. | I've used this a LOT in my life. Extremely useful tip! | 1 | 486 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfhtwtd | hfhtbp8 | 1,633,450,876 | 1,633,450,641 | 3 | 2 | This is awesome advice! I have, over the past couple of years, learned to trust my unconscious more and more when it comes to writing. Treating your unconscious like the wellspring of ideas that it is, is essential for combatting writer's block. I think it's better to pen a few notes of seemingly nonsensical gibberish than it is to keep it locked up inside -- especially if one is a writer. You never know when that nonsensical gibberish will come in handy one day. | That’s why in my notes organization I have a file in all my projects titled Just Write, where I can just jot down any and all ideas that I’ve had for that project in a moment where I can’t sit and dive deeper into those thoughts. Always so helpful. | 1 | 235 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfi52n1 | hfg920z | 1,633,455,452 | 1,633,415,071 | 3 | 2 | Can you please help me? how do you keep track, develop, create your characters? are you a writer that has studied formally creative writing and literature? or are just a regular dude that is way too creative? I have this problem. I dont know what to write once I am in front of the computer. I need one way to think about characters, scenary, and people. How do I do this? example: Should I go on a regular run/walk with a notepad/cellphone and think random shit and write that down? or should I think specifically about a character and imagine his drawbacks, dreams, passions. Or I should imagine said character in a series of specific situations and think about how he would react?tell me more about this creative process, I beg you. I have never ever taken creative classes, I have no chance to do so as I live in a very poor country AND unless some kind of creative genius, I wont be able to come up with something on its own. Thank you | Thanks so much for the advice! It's quite difficult to grasp stories when they are merely forming concepts in our minds. Information regarding my stories tends to get scattered around whenever I try to write them. Looking back on my old writing no matter how embarrassing it may be, with a new point of view and lessons I learned along the way is a great place for inspiration indeed! | 1 | 40,381 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfi52n1 | hfgfvbk | 1,633,455,452 | 1,633,421,217 | 3 | 2 | Can you please help me? how do you keep track, develop, create your characters? are you a writer that has studied formally creative writing and literature? or are just a regular dude that is way too creative? I have this problem. I dont know what to write once I am in front of the computer. I need one way to think about characters, scenary, and people. How do I do this? example: Should I go on a regular run/walk with a notepad/cellphone and think random shit and write that down? or should I think specifically about a character and imagine his drawbacks, dreams, passions. Or I should imagine said character in a series of specific situations and think about how he would react?tell me more about this creative process, I beg you. I have never ever taken creative classes, I have no chance to do so as I live in a very poor country AND unless some kind of creative genius, I wont be able to come up with something on its own. Thank you | Especially true for me when I'm trying to fall asleep! I've had so many ideas lying in bed too lazy to get out and find a paper or go to the computer that I thought were so strong that it would be impossible for me to forget them. When I wake up the next day they are gone forever. I'll never know if they were really as good as I thought or if that's just the hazy about to fall asleep logic. Now I keep a pad by the bed. Better safe than sorry. | 1 | 34,235 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfi52n1 | hfgkfkk | 1,633,455,452 | 1,633,425,713 | 3 | 2 | Can you please help me? how do you keep track, develop, create your characters? are you a writer that has studied formally creative writing and literature? or are just a regular dude that is way too creative? I have this problem. I dont know what to write once I am in front of the computer. I need one way to think about characters, scenary, and people. How do I do this? example: Should I go on a regular run/walk with a notepad/cellphone and think random shit and write that down? or should I think specifically about a character and imagine his drawbacks, dreams, passions. Or I should imagine said character in a series of specific situations and think about how he would react?tell me more about this creative process, I beg you. I have never ever taken creative classes, I have no chance to do so as I live in a very poor country AND unless some kind of creative genius, I wont be able to come up with something on its own. Thank you | I have notes in my phone for: 1. Story ideas 2. Character name ideas 3. Weird beautiful phrases I would like to write in my stories (archaic, neologism, self-made, proverbs, a part of dialogue etc) | 1 | 29,739 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfhsp5q | hfi52n1 | 1,633,450,390 | 1,633,455,452 | 2 | 3 | I've used this a LOT in my life. Extremely useful tip! | Can you please help me? how do you keep track, develop, create your characters? are you a writer that has studied formally creative writing and literature? or are just a regular dude that is way too creative? I have this problem. I dont know what to write once I am in front of the computer. I need one way to think about characters, scenary, and people. How do I do this? example: Should I go on a regular run/walk with a notepad/cellphone and think random shit and write that down? or should I think specifically about a character and imagine his drawbacks, dreams, passions. Or I should imagine said character in a series of specific situations and think about how he would react?tell me more about this creative process, I beg you. I have never ever taken creative classes, I have no chance to do so as I live in a very poor country AND unless some kind of creative genius, I wont be able to come up with something on its own. Thank you | 0 | 5,062 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfi52n1 | hfhtbp8 | 1,633,455,452 | 1,633,450,641 | 3 | 2 | Can you please help me? how do you keep track, develop, create your characters? are you a writer that has studied formally creative writing and literature? or are just a regular dude that is way too creative? I have this problem. I dont know what to write once I am in front of the computer. I need one way to think about characters, scenary, and people. How do I do this? example: Should I go on a regular run/walk with a notepad/cellphone and think random shit and write that down? or should I think specifically about a character and imagine his drawbacks, dreams, passions. Or I should imagine said character in a series of specific situations and think about how he would react?tell me more about this creative process, I beg you. I have never ever taken creative classes, I have no chance to do so as I live in a very poor country AND unless some kind of creative genius, I wont be able to come up with something on its own. Thank you | That’s why in my notes organization I have a file in all my projects titled Just Write, where I can just jot down any and all ideas that I’ve had for that project in a moment where I can’t sit and dive deeper into those thoughts. Always so helpful. | 1 | 4,811 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfi492e | hfi52n1 | 1,633,455,099 | 1,633,455,452 | 2 | 3 | I do this too. I write random ideas that cross my mind before I forget them. Also things that I come across, such as quotes or even plot points from stories while reading them. It's really useful down the line. | Can you please help me? how do you keep track, develop, create your characters? are you a writer that has studied formally creative writing and literature? or are just a regular dude that is way too creative? I have this problem. I dont know what to write once I am in front of the computer. I need one way to think about characters, scenary, and people. How do I do this? example: Should I go on a regular run/walk with a notepad/cellphone and think random shit and write that down? or should I think specifically about a character and imagine his drawbacks, dreams, passions. Or I should imagine said character in a series of specific situations and think about how he would react?tell me more about this creative process, I beg you. I have never ever taken creative classes, I have no chance to do so as I live in a very poor country AND unless some kind of creative genius, I wont be able to come up with something on its own. Thank you | 0 | 353 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfiijld | hfg920z | 1,633,461,144 | 1,633,415,071 | 3 | 2 | Love the advice. I hate it though when I'm super tired and almost asleep when I get an idea then I have to force myself to get up and write it down. I should probably sleep with a notebook beside me 😭 Its so hard convincing myself to write it down because I know I'm lying when I tell myself I will remember the idea in the morning so I should write it then. 😭😭😭 | Thanks so much for the advice! It's quite difficult to grasp stories when they are merely forming concepts in our minds. Information regarding my stories tends to get scattered around whenever I try to write them. Looking back on my old writing no matter how embarrassing it may be, with a new point of view and lessons I learned along the way is a great place for inspiration indeed! | 1 | 46,073 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfgfvbk | hfiijld | 1,633,421,217 | 1,633,461,144 | 2 | 3 | Especially true for me when I'm trying to fall asleep! I've had so many ideas lying in bed too lazy to get out and find a paper or go to the computer that I thought were so strong that it would be impossible for me to forget them. When I wake up the next day they are gone forever. I'll never know if they were really as good as I thought or if that's just the hazy about to fall asleep logic. Now I keep a pad by the bed. Better safe than sorry. | Love the advice. I hate it though when I'm super tired and almost asleep when I get an idea then I have to force myself to get up and write it down. I should probably sleep with a notebook beside me 😭 Its so hard convincing myself to write it down because I know I'm lying when I tell myself I will remember the idea in the morning so I should write it then. 😭😭😭 | 0 | 39,927 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfgkfkk | hfiijld | 1,633,425,713 | 1,633,461,144 | 2 | 3 | I have notes in my phone for: 1. Story ideas 2. Character name ideas 3. Weird beautiful phrases I would like to write in my stories (archaic, neologism, self-made, proverbs, a part of dialogue etc) | Love the advice. I hate it though when I'm super tired and almost asleep when I get an idea then I have to force myself to get up and write it down. I should probably sleep with a notebook beside me 😭 Its so hard convincing myself to write it down because I know I'm lying when I tell myself I will remember the idea in the morning so I should write it then. 😭😭😭 | 0 | 35,431 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfhsp5q | hfiijld | 1,633,450,390 | 1,633,461,144 | 2 | 3 | I've used this a LOT in my life. Extremely useful tip! | Love the advice. I hate it though when I'm super tired and almost asleep when I get an idea then I have to force myself to get up and write it down. I should probably sleep with a notebook beside me 😭 Its so hard convincing myself to write it down because I know I'm lying when I tell myself I will remember the idea in the morning so I should write it then. 😭😭😭 | 0 | 10,754 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfiijld | hfhtbp8 | 1,633,461,144 | 1,633,450,641 | 3 | 2 | Love the advice. I hate it though when I'm super tired and almost asleep when I get an idea then I have to force myself to get up and write it down. I should probably sleep with a notebook beside me 😭 Its so hard convincing myself to write it down because I know I'm lying when I tell myself I will remember the idea in the morning so I should write it then. 😭😭😭 | That’s why in my notes organization I have a file in all my projects titled Just Write, where I can just jot down any and all ideas that I’ve had for that project in a moment where I can’t sit and dive deeper into those thoughts. Always so helpful. | 1 | 10,503 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfiijld | hfi492e | 1,633,461,144 | 1,633,455,099 | 3 | 2 | Love the advice. I hate it though when I'm super tired and almost asleep when I get an idea then I have to force myself to get up and write it down. I should probably sleep with a notebook beside me 😭 Its so hard convincing myself to write it down because I know I'm lying when I tell myself I will remember the idea in the morning so I should write it then. 😭😭😭 | I do this too. I write random ideas that cross my mind before I forget them. Also things that I come across, such as quotes or even plot points from stories while reading them. It's really useful down the line. | 1 | 6,045 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfg920z | hfio976 | 1,633,415,071 | 1,633,463,504 | 2 | 3 | Thanks so much for the advice! It's quite difficult to grasp stories when they are merely forming concepts in our minds. Information regarding my stories tends to get scattered around whenever I try to write them. Looking back on my old writing no matter how embarrassing it may be, with a new point of view and lessons I learned along the way is a great place for inspiration indeed! | I'll take it one step further. Don't just write notes for later ideas for your story; write chunks of your story if the ideas come to you out of sequence. You can paste them in when you get to that part and finesse them as needed. But good ideas are rare and precious things; preserve them at all costs! | 0 | 48,433 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfgfvbk | hfio976 | 1,633,421,217 | 1,633,463,504 | 2 | 3 | Especially true for me when I'm trying to fall asleep! I've had so many ideas lying in bed too lazy to get out and find a paper or go to the computer that I thought were so strong that it would be impossible for me to forget them. When I wake up the next day they are gone forever. I'll never know if they were really as good as I thought or if that's just the hazy about to fall asleep logic. Now I keep a pad by the bed. Better safe than sorry. | I'll take it one step further. Don't just write notes for later ideas for your story; write chunks of your story if the ideas come to you out of sequence. You can paste them in when you get to that part and finesse them as needed. But good ideas are rare and precious things; preserve them at all costs! | 0 | 42,287 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfio976 | hfgkfkk | 1,633,463,504 | 1,633,425,713 | 3 | 2 | I'll take it one step further. Don't just write notes for later ideas for your story; write chunks of your story if the ideas come to you out of sequence. You can paste them in when you get to that part and finesse them as needed. But good ideas are rare and precious things; preserve them at all costs! | I have notes in my phone for: 1. Story ideas 2. Character name ideas 3. Weird beautiful phrases I would like to write in my stories (archaic, neologism, self-made, proverbs, a part of dialogue etc) | 1 | 37,791 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfhsp5q | hfio976 | 1,633,450,390 | 1,633,463,504 | 2 | 3 | I've used this a LOT in my life. Extremely useful tip! | I'll take it one step further. Don't just write notes for later ideas for your story; write chunks of your story if the ideas come to you out of sequence. You can paste them in when you get to that part and finesse them as needed. But good ideas are rare and precious things; preserve them at all costs! | 0 | 13,114 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfio976 | hfhtbp8 | 1,633,463,504 | 1,633,450,641 | 3 | 2 | I'll take it one step further. Don't just write notes for later ideas for your story; write chunks of your story if the ideas come to you out of sequence. You can paste them in when you get to that part and finesse them as needed. But good ideas are rare and precious things; preserve them at all costs! | That’s why in my notes organization I have a file in all my projects titled Just Write, where I can just jot down any and all ideas that I’ve had for that project in a moment where I can’t sit and dive deeper into those thoughts. Always so helpful. | 1 | 12,863 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfio976 | hfi492e | 1,633,463,504 | 1,633,455,099 | 3 | 2 | I'll take it one step further. Don't just write notes for later ideas for your story; write chunks of your story if the ideas come to you out of sequence. You can paste them in when you get to that part and finesse them as needed. But good ideas are rare and precious things; preserve them at all costs! | I do this too. I write random ideas that cross my mind before I forget them. Also things that I come across, such as quotes or even plot points from stories while reading them. It's really useful down the line. | 1 | 8,405 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfg920z | hg209fj | 1,633,415,071 | 1,633,831,961 | 2 | 3 | Thanks so much for the advice! It's quite difficult to grasp stories when they are merely forming concepts in our minds. Information regarding my stories tends to get scattered around whenever I try to write them. Looking back on my old writing no matter how embarrassing it may be, with a new point of view and lessons I learned along the way is a great place for inspiration indeed! | I have hordes of note-ridden notebooks. I can't bear to toss them. Though I rarely look at them, it's like looking through a photograph album. Sometimes I'm surprised by what I find, though given my ADHD and poor memory, I shouldn't be. | 0 | 416,890 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hg209fj | hfgfvbk | 1,633,831,961 | 1,633,421,217 | 3 | 2 | I have hordes of note-ridden notebooks. I can't bear to toss them. Though I rarely look at them, it's like looking through a photograph album. Sometimes I'm surprised by what I find, though given my ADHD and poor memory, I shouldn't be. | Especially true for me when I'm trying to fall asleep! I've had so many ideas lying in bed too lazy to get out and find a paper or go to the computer that I thought were so strong that it would be impossible for me to forget them. When I wake up the next day they are gone forever. I'll never know if they were really as good as I thought or if that's just the hazy about to fall asleep logic. Now I keep a pad by the bed. Better safe than sorry. | 1 | 410,744 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hg209fj | hfgkfkk | 1,633,831,961 | 1,633,425,713 | 3 | 2 | I have hordes of note-ridden notebooks. I can't bear to toss them. Though I rarely look at them, it's like looking through a photograph album. Sometimes I'm surprised by what I find, though given my ADHD and poor memory, I shouldn't be. | I have notes in my phone for: 1. Story ideas 2. Character name ideas 3. Weird beautiful phrases I would like to write in my stories (archaic, neologism, self-made, proverbs, a part of dialogue etc) | 1 | 406,248 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfhsp5q | hg209fj | 1,633,450,390 | 1,633,831,961 | 2 | 3 | I've used this a LOT in my life. Extremely useful tip! | I have hordes of note-ridden notebooks. I can't bear to toss them. Though I rarely look at them, it's like looking through a photograph album. Sometimes I'm surprised by what I find, though given my ADHD and poor memory, I shouldn't be. | 0 | 381,571 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hg209fj | hfhtbp8 | 1,633,831,961 | 1,633,450,641 | 3 | 2 | I have hordes of note-ridden notebooks. I can't bear to toss them. Though I rarely look at them, it's like looking through a photograph album. Sometimes I'm surprised by what I find, though given my ADHD and poor memory, I shouldn't be. | That’s why in my notes organization I have a file in all my projects titled Just Write, where I can just jot down any and all ideas that I’ve had for that project in a moment where I can’t sit and dive deeper into those thoughts. Always so helpful. | 1 | 381,320 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hg209fj | hfi492e | 1,633,831,961 | 1,633,455,099 | 3 | 2 | I have hordes of note-ridden notebooks. I can't bear to toss them. Though I rarely look at them, it's like looking through a photograph album. Sometimes I'm surprised by what I find, though given my ADHD and poor memory, I shouldn't be. | I do this too. I write random ideas that cross my mind before I forget them. Also things that I come across, such as quotes or even plot points from stories while reading them. It's really useful down the line. | 1 | 376,862 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfislys | hg209fj | 1,633,465,324 | 1,633,831,961 | 2 | 3 | I am a constant supporter of this practice. I literally just had a lightbulb go off and wrote down “maggot rain”. I dont know what I’m going to use that for and what that even looks like in the context of what I’m writing, but I am excited to read back down the line and find a spot for it. | I have hordes of note-ridden notebooks. I can't bear to toss them. Though I rarely look at them, it's like looking through a photograph album. Sometimes I'm surprised by what I find, though given my ADHD and poor memory, I shouldn't be. | 0 | 366,637 | 1.5 | ||
q1olqc | writing_train | 0.98 | Always write notes for your story ideas. Especially if you’re not writing them yet. Holy crap So I’ve been working on this book series for about a year and a half. And it’s really transformed in my headspace over all that time. Whatever vision I had from the onset is completely new and different now. Throughout that year+ I wrote notes on ideas for all the novels, as they came to me. That’s been great in itself, I have a whole notepad full When I go to write I reference these ideas when stuck. But something about reading old notes, old thinking, combined with your fresh ideas, when you’ve almost forgotten the old. It’s magic, the amount of material, boosts my creativity. Like if me and past me were a team The best breakthroughs I’ve had for this series came from looking at old notes in a new light. Character connections, plot twists. Track your thought process on paper, and you can draw on it later to come up with really cool stuff | hfka2gl | hg209fj | 1,633,490,859 | 1,633,831,961 | 2 | 3 | I really need to start compiling my handwritten notes, phone ideas, and voice recordings all into scrivener. I'm writing the final chapters of my first novel and this would help me out so much. | I have hordes of note-ridden notebooks. I can't bear to toss them. Though I rarely look at them, it's like looking through a photograph album. Sometimes I'm surprised by what I find, though given my ADHD and poor memory, I shouldn't be. | 0 | 341,102 | 1.5 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyh8gvb | gyh8j00 | 1,621,277,823 | 1,621,277,848 | 7 | 47 | There's no rule. Ask yourself how would the chatacter speak. | Not using contractions is a scholarly writing rule. In fiction writing, you can disregard all those. *please* use contractions | 0 | 25 | 6.714286 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyh8gvb | gyh9mqo | 1,621,277,823 | 1,621,278,310 | 7 | 18 | There's no rule. Ask yourself how would the chatacter speak. | yesn't | 0 | 487 | 2.571429 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyh8gvb | gyhquix | 1,621,277,823 | 1,621,285,691 | 7 | 11 | There's no rule. Ask yourself how would the chatacter speak. | I don't think that's right. You end up sounding like Data from Star Trek. | 0 | 7,868 | 1.571429 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyha0mi | gyhquix | 1,621,278,470 | 1,621,285,691 | 5 | 11 | This can also be influenced by if a person is a native speaker of the language or not, or if they are from a different culture. I consciously made the choice to have one character never use contractions, and if anything, it made them stand out from the people around them. I'd say (I would say) it's (it is) pretty standard to use contractions. :) | I don't think that's right. You end up sounding like Data from Star Trek. | 0 | 7,221 | 2.2 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyhquix | gyhoglb | 1,621,285,691 | 1,621,284,642 | 11 | 2 | I don't think that's right. You end up sounding like Data from Star Trek. | The contraction rule is mostly for academic or formal writing.Fiction has a lot more leeway. In your case, you could use contractions so it sounds tgrh same way your narrator speaks (if they use them in speech). You could choose not to use them so their narration voice sounds different than how they speak (this can be challenging but is absolutely a viable option). For other POVs or just as a general rule, use contractions where it sounds like you should. Try reading a passage out loud to get an idea. Some prose sounds stilted without contractions, some prose sounds strangely casual with them. | 1 | 1,049 | 5.5 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyhbx9k | gyhquix | 1,621,279,290 | 1,621,285,691 | 1 | 11 | One of the things I learned in my college courses is that some of the things we were told in grade school are quite wrong. Other rules are bit more nuanced. The rule against contractions does not apply to quoted statements (because characters can use bad grammar), but only to the narrative, and then then the rule only applies if the writing is from a third person POV. A first-person narrative most certainly can use non-standard forms of language, because a first person POV is more like unto a speech without the quotation marks than it is to a narrative, and contractions are highly appropriate if the viewpoint character in a first person narrative is from a social class where informal speech is customary. | I don't think that's right. You end up sounding like Data from Star Trek. | 0 | 6,401 | 11 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyhd66g | gyhquix | 1,621,279,822 | 1,621,285,691 | 1 | 11 | Yes | I don't think that's right. You end up sounding like Data from Star Trek. | 0 | 5,869 | 11 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyh8gvb | gyhycab | 1,621,277,823 | 1,621,289,142 | 7 | 9 | There's no rule. Ask yourself how would the chatacter speak. | Read some books | 0 | 11,319 | 1.285714 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyhvmaw | gyhycab | 1,621,287,903 | 1,621,289,142 | 7 | 9 | In what context were you told never to use common contractions? In school paper writing, (theme papers) you are usually told to use formal speech. Creative writing can be formal, but usually, it uses the colorful local language of the place where you are, with all its slang, contractions, and regional differences. | Read some books | 0 | 1,239 | 1.285714 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyhycab | gyha0mi | 1,621,289,142 | 1,621,278,470 | 9 | 5 | Read some books | This can also be influenced by if a person is a native speaker of the language or not, or if they are from a different culture. I consciously made the choice to have one character never use contractions, and if anything, it made them stand out from the people around them. I'd say (I would say) it's (it is) pretty standard to use contractions. :) | 1 | 10,672 | 1.8 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyhycab | gyhoglb | 1,621,289,142 | 1,621,284,642 | 9 | 2 | Read some books | The contraction rule is mostly for academic or formal writing.Fiction has a lot more leeway. In your case, you could use contractions so it sounds tgrh same way your narrator speaks (if they use them in speech). You could choose not to use them so their narration voice sounds different than how they speak (this can be challenging but is absolutely a viable option). For other POVs or just as a general rule, use contractions where it sounds like you should. Try reading a passage out loud to get an idea. Some prose sounds stilted without contractions, some prose sounds strangely casual with them. | 1 | 4,500 | 4.5 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyhbx9k | gyhycab | 1,621,279,290 | 1,621,289,142 | 1 | 9 | One of the things I learned in my college courses is that some of the things we were told in grade school are quite wrong. Other rules are bit more nuanced. The rule against contractions does not apply to quoted statements (because characters can use bad grammar), but only to the narrative, and then then the rule only applies if the writing is from a third person POV. A first-person narrative most certainly can use non-standard forms of language, because a first person POV is more like unto a speech without the quotation marks than it is to a narrative, and contractions are highly appropriate if the viewpoint character in a first person narrative is from a social class where informal speech is customary. | Read some books | 0 | 9,852 | 9 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyhycab | gyhd66g | 1,621,289,142 | 1,621,279,822 | 9 | 1 | Read some books | Yes | 1 | 9,320 | 9 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyhvmaw | gyha0mi | 1,621,287,903 | 1,621,278,470 | 7 | 5 | In what context were you told never to use common contractions? In school paper writing, (theme papers) you are usually told to use formal speech. Creative writing can be formal, but usually, it uses the colorful local language of the place where you are, with all its slang, contractions, and regional differences. | This can also be influenced by if a person is a native speaker of the language or not, or if they are from a different culture. I consciously made the choice to have one character never use contractions, and if anything, it made them stand out from the people around them. I'd say (I would say) it's (it is) pretty standard to use contractions. :) | 1 | 9,433 | 1.4 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyhvmaw | gyhoglb | 1,621,287,903 | 1,621,284,642 | 7 | 2 | In what context were you told never to use common contractions? In school paper writing, (theme papers) you are usually told to use formal speech. Creative writing can be formal, but usually, it uses the colorful local language of the place where you are, with all its slang, contractions, and regional differences. | The contraction rule is mostly for academic or formal writing.Fiction has a lot more leeway. In your case, you could use contractions so it sounds tgrh same way your narrator speaks (if they use them in speech). You could choose not to use them so their narration voice sounds different than how they speak (this can be challenging but is absolutely a viable option). For other POVs or just as a general rule, use contractions where it sounds like you should. Try reading a passage out loud to get an idea. Some prose sounds stilted without contractions, some prose sounds strangely casual with them. | 1 | 3,261 | 3.5 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyhvmaw | gyhbx9k | 1,621,287,903 | 1,621,279,290 | 7 | 1 | In what context were you told never to use common contractions? In school paper writing, (theme papers) you are usually told to use formal speech. Creative writing can be formal, but usually, it uses the colorful local language of the place where you are, with all its slang, contractions, and regional differences. | One of the things I learned in my college courses is that some of the things we were told in grade school are quite wrong. Other rules are bit more nuanced. The rule against contractions does not apply to quoted statements (because characters can use bad grammar), but only to the narrative, and then then the rule only applies if the writing is from a third person POV. A first-person narrative most certainly can use non-standard forms of language, because a first person POV is more like unto a speech without the quotation marks than it is to a narrative, and contractions are highly appropriate if the viewpoint character in a first person narrative is from a social class where informal speech is customary. | 1 | 8,613 | 7 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyhd66g | gyhvmaw | 1,621,279,822 | 1,621,287,903 | 1 | 7 | Yes | In what context were you told never to use common contractions? In school paper writing, (theme papers) you are usually told to use formal speech. Creative writing can be formal, but usually, it uses the colorful local language of the place where you are, with all its slang, contractions, and regional differences. | 0 | 8,081 | 7 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyhoglb | gyj0ox9 | 1,621,284,642 | 1,621,308,439 | 2 | 4 | The contraction rule is mostly for academic or formal writing.Fiction has a lot more leeway. In your case, you could use contractions so it sounds tgrh same way your narrator speaks (if they use them in speech). You could choose not to use them so their narration voice sounds different than how they speak (this can be challenging but is absolutely a viable option). For other POVs or just as a general rule, use contractions where it sounds like you should. Try reading a passage out loud to get an idea. Some prose sounds stilted without contractions, some prose sounds strangely casual with them. | oh my gosh no disregard this advice immediately | 0 | 23,797 | 2 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyj0ox9 | gyifhpo | 1,621,308,439 | 1,621,297,547 | 4 | 2 | oh my gosh no disregard this advice immediately | >Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." Even that is far too formal for the stray thought of a teenager. >"Fuck, that test sucked. Should've put some work in. Mom's gonna roast me." You're writing fiction, not a master thesis. I recommend reading some books. | 1 | 10,892 | 2 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyj0ox9 | gyhbx9k | 1,621,308,439 | 1,621,279,290 | 4 | 1 | oh my gosh no disregard this advice immediately | One of the things I learned in my college courses is that some of the things we were told in grade school are quite wrong. Other rules are bit more nuanced. The rule against contractions does not apply to quoted statements (because characters can use bad grammar), but only to the narrative, and then then the rule only applies if the writing is from a third person POV. A first-person narrative most certainly can use non-standard forms of language, because a first person POV is more like unto a speech without the quotation marks than it is to a narrative, and contractions are highly appropriate if the viewpoint character in a first person narrative is from a social class where informal speech is customary. | 1 | 29,149 | 4 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyj0ox9 | gyhd66g | 1,621,308,439 | 1,621,279,822 | 4 | 1 | oh my gosh no disregard this advice immediately | Yes | 1 | 28,617 | 4 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyhoglb | gyhbx9k | 1,621,284,642 | 1,621,279,290 | 2 | 1 | The contraction rule is mostly for academic or formal writing.Fiction has a lot more leeway. In your case, you could use contractions so it sounds tgrh same way your narrator speaks (if they use them in speech). You could choose not to use them so their narration voice sounds different than how they speak (this can be challenging but is absolutely a viable option). For other POVs or just as a general rule, use contractions where it sounds like you should. Try reading a passage out loud to get an idea. Some prose sounds stilted without contractions, some prose sounds strangely casual with them. | One of the things I learned in my college courses is that some of the things we were told in grade school are quite wrong. Other rules are bit more nuanced. The rule against contractions does not apply to quoted statements (because characters can use bad grammar), but only to the narrative, and then then the rule only applies if the writing is from a third person POV. A first-person narrative most certainly can use non-standard forms of language, because a first person POV is more like unto a speech without the quotation marks than it is to a narrative, and contractions are highly appropriate if the viewpoint character in a first person narrative is from a social class where informal speech is customary. | 1 | 5,352 | 2 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyhd66g | gyhoglb | 1,621,279,822 | 1,621,284,642 | 1 | 2 | Yes | The contraction rule is mostly for academic or formal writing.Fiction has a lot more leeway. In your case, you could use contractions so it sounds tgrh same way your narrator speaks (if they use them in speech). You could choose not to use them so their narration voice sounds different than how they speak (this can be challenging but is absolutely a viable option). For other POVs or just as a general rule, use contractions where it sounds like you should. Try reading a passage out loud to get an idea. Some prose sounds stilted without contractions, some prose sounds strangely casual with them. | 0 | 4,820 | 2 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyhbx9k | gyifhpo | 1,621,279,290 | 1,621,297,547 | 1 | 2 | One of the things I learned in my college courses is that some of the things we were told in grade school are quite wrong. Other rules are bit more nuanced. The rule against contractions does not apply to quoted statements (because characters can use bad grammar), but only to the narrative, and then then the rule only applies if the writing is from a third person POV. A first-person narrative most certainly can use non-standard forms of language, because a first person POV is more like unto a speech without the quotation marks than it is to a narrative, and contractions are highly appropriate if the viewpoint character in a first person narrative is from a social class where informal speech is customary. | >Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." Even that is far too formal for the stray thought of a teenager. >"Fuck, that test sucked. Should've put some work in. Mom's gonna roast me." You're writing fiction, not a master thesis. I recommend reading some books. | 0 | 18,257 | 2 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyhd66g | gyifhpo | 1,621,279,822 | 1,621,297,547 | 1 | 2 | Yes | >Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." Even that is far too formal for the stray thought of a teenager. >"Fuck, that test sucked. Should've put some work in. Mom's gonna roast me." You're writing fiction, not a master thesis. I recommend reading some books. | 0 | 17,725 | 2 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyjaz6s | gyhbx9k | 1,621,314,913 | 1,621,279,290 | 2 | 1 | Contractions are everywhere. There are contractions of contractions! Do not know -> don't know -> dunno. Unless there's an academic paper on your money, go for it. | One of the things I learned in my college courses is that some of the things we were told in grade school are quite wrong. Other rules are bit more nuanced. The rule against contractions does not apply to quoted statements (because characters can use bad grammar), but only to the narrative, and then then the rule only applies if the writing is from a third person POV. A first-person narrative most certainly can use non-standard forms of language, because a first person POV is more like unto a speech without the quotation marks than it is to a narrative, and contractions are highly appropriate if the viewpoint character in a first person narrative is from a social class where informal speech is customary. | 1 | 35,623 | 2 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyhd66g | gyjaz6s | 1,621,279,822 | 1,621,314,913 | 1 | 2 | Yes | Contractions are everywhere. There are contractions of contractions! Do not know -> don't know -> dunno. Unless there's an academic paper on your money, go for it. | 0 | 35,091 | 2 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyhbx9k | gyjpsae | 1,621,279,290 | 1,621,327,236 | 1 | 2 | One of the things I learned in my college courses is that some of the things we were told in grade school are quite wrong. Other rules are bit more nuanced. The rule against contractions does not apply to quoted statements (because characters can use bad grammar), but only to the narrative, and then then the rule only applies if the writing is from a third person POV. A first-person narrative most certainly can use non-standard forms of language, because a first person POV is more like unto a speech without the quotation marks than it is to a narrative, and contractions are highly appropriate if the viewpoint character in a first person narrative is from a social class where informal speech is customary. | You can use any language you want in your dialogue. Language norms and suggestions are for the author's voice. | 0 | 47,946 | 2 | ||
neo7a1 | writing_train | 0.86 | Was always told to not use contractions like "don't" "couldn't" "wouldn't" - should I/can I use these if it's a first person teenage PoV who would realistically use these? Ex if he has a thought "I would've scored higher on the test if I studied harder." and he is speaking to the reader or just thinking it and not saying it aloud. Is it fine to do that, or should I use "would have" instead of the contraction? To what extent should I use and should I not use conjunctions? Thanks! (btw what if this were a third person PoV, how would that change) | gyjpsae | gyhd66g | 1,621,327,236 | 1,621,279,822 | 2 | 1 | You can use any language you want in your dialogue. Language norms and suggestions are for the author's voice. | Yes | 1 | 47,414 | 2 | ||
iko3hf | writing_train | 0.91 | Is there ever a time to tell and not show? I have heard for a very long time to “show, don’t tell”. This advice has helped me a lot in my writing. Is there ever time this isn’t true? If there is a time to tell, what would it be? Thanks for any feedback. | g3m429e | g3maehz | 1,598,980,905 | 1,598,983,220 | 3 | 12 | The safest time is when there’s a character that doesn’t know something: other characters can explain or the character can figure out what they don’t know (and therefore you can explain it to the reader). In my opinion, still best to use this as a last resort, as it’s difficult to execute without feeling too on the nose, and often slows the pace too much to recover from. | Yes. If you showed everything, the book would be excessively long and unreadable. The trick, of course, is to know when to do each of those. "Show don't tell," when given as advice, nearly always is writer's shorthand for "use vivid language to describe the scene rather than simple declarative sentences to give an overview. But sometimes, the overview is appropriate, and that's when you tell. | 0 | 2,315 | 4 | ||
iko3hf | writing_train | 0.91 | Is there ever a time to tell and not show? I have heard for a very long time to “show, don’t tell”. This advice has helped me a lot in my writing. Is there ever time this isn’t true? If there is a time to tell, what would it be? Thanks for any feedback. | g3m6cxj | g3maehz | 1,598,981,716 | 1,598,983,220 | 4 | 12 | Of course. Writing advice almost always needs to be taken with a grain of salt. It depends, of course, on genre. In an action/thriller, you'll probably spend most of your time in very "showy" scenes, as you ramp up the tension. That said, even an action/thriller will probably have a few brief moments of "tell." One mechanical approach is to use a scene-sequel structure. The idea is you *show* in your scenes and *tell* in your sequels. It's not quite so cut and dry, of course. Over time you get a feel for it. Read books in your genre. Note how they do it. | Yes. If you showed everything, the book would be excessively long and unreadable. The trick, of course, is to know when to do each of those. "Show don't tell," when given as advice, nearly always is writer's shorthand for "use vivid language to describe the scene rather than simple declarative sentences to give an overview. But sometimes, the overview is appropriate, and that's when you tell. | 0 | 1,504 | 3 | ||
iko3hf | writing_train | 0.91 | Is there ever a time to tell and not show? I have heard for a very long time to “show, don’t tell”. This advice has helped me a lot in my writing. Is there ever time this isn’t true? If there is a time to tell, what would it be? Thanks for any feedback. | g3m429e | g3m6cxj | 1,598,980,905 | 1,598,981,716 | 3 | 4 | The safest time is when there’s a character that doesn’t know something: other characters can explain or the character can figure out what they don’t know (and therefore you can explain it to the reader). In my opinion, still best to use this as a last resort, as it’s difficult to execute without feeling too on the nose, and often slows the pace too much to recover from. | Of course. Writing advice almost always needs to be taken with a grain of salt. It depends, of course, on genre. In an action/thriller, you'll probably spend most of your time in very "showy" scenes, as you ramp up the tension. That said, even an action/thriller will probably have a few brief moments of "tell." One mechanical approach is to use a scene-sequel structure. The idea is you *show* in your scenes and *tell* in your sequels. It's not quite so cut and dry, of course. Over time you get a feel for it. Read books in your genre. Note how they do it. | 0 | 811 | 1.333333 | ||
z83xgm | writing_train | 0.93 | Need advice about an editor I hired Hi all I joined aFacebook writing run by an author of multiple well-received novels. In his group page, that author highly recommended a freelance editor that he claimed he uses. I sent her a couple of thousand words sample of my writing, and we agreed that I pay her upfront 810 USD for two rounds of edits: a content edit and a proofread. I sent her the 50k manuscript on July 26th, and after going cold and a couple of reminders, she sent it back with only the below comments, and they were all made a day before she sent them according to Microsoft Word track changes and review software. I only got the first round on October 13th, and now I sent her the revised manuscript for the second round, and she has gone silent. She won’t confirm receiving it even though I sent it to her on November 19th and then reminded her to verify that she received it on November 23rd and again Nov 28th and until now, I have not heard from her. Is this normal for freelance editors? Should I not have paid her until after she finished? Her tone and response time were utterly different before payment. I’m just frustrated and thought I would ask here if there is anything I could do about it. I should have probably gone for someone highly reviewed on Fivver or Upwork. These are her only “content edits”. I send them because they seem scarce and hasty. The only content edits for a 50k manuscript: • I don't get a sense of the setting, location, time of year, etc. Readers need to know where they are when they begin a story. This part is narrative so it's not all that important but it might be a good idea to mention where they live. In the next scene, we definitely need some description of the setting. We also need some of the five senses. • 'there are' and words like 'about' are weak filter words that make the writing less active. • Again, we need some description of the setting and senses. I won't keep mentioning this, but as you revise, you might want to be aware and work on layering some of that in so readers really feel like the are there. • It's best not to use these types of dialogue tags. They are 'telling.' • As often as you can, rather than using tags like this, it's better to have some action, gestures, emotion, etc. It's not as 'telling' and it helps paint a vivid picture. • We need to stay in third person. • I won't keep correcting these. I'll leave that to you so you get the practice and remember more to avoid tense slips in the future. When I do the next round, I'll watch for any you might have missed. • I'm noticing that there is no emotion of the characters. We are getting the events that unfold but not any reactions or how the characters feel about it. • I would suggest having the dialogue 'shown' instead of just telling readers what a character said. I noticed a lot of that earlier as well. Sometimes in small increments it is okay, but I think for the most part, it's better to actually show the dialogue. • Why did you start using 'Reema' instead of 'me'? • Again, wondering about using her user name instead of 'me'? • This is all very good and makes her very sympathetic. Great job at showing the realism of what she would be thinking and going through. • I have corrected many of these, but a character's action should always be in the same paragraph as their dialogue. • It seems like she'd be anxious to hear what he has to say, so maybe she'll try to press him on the subject? At least a little? • How does this feel to her? Does she like it? Is she repulsed? • Are these lyrics to an actual song? If so, then it's most likely a copyright violation. • I don't understand this part? | iya9ee4 | iyaavqm | 1,669,760,487 | 1,669,761,108 | 29 | 52 | Reading between the lines: your work was very rough and needs a lot of developmental/craft work, and she struggled with the read/edit. I would guess she opened up the revised you sent her, saw it hadn't changed substantively, and is dreading having to read it again. I know that's not likely what you wanted to hear, but that's my read on it. I would take it as a lesson learned and move forward. That said, $810 is very cheap for an edit, though if you consider the content edit as provided as a more of a paid beta and the proofread as a once-over (proofread, not copy edit), it's a price that makes more sense if this editor is accustomed to more polished manuscripts. It's okay if you're a newer writer, but generally it doesn't make sense to pay for a professional editor on rougher work. Moreover, you sent it to her and then emailed multiple times during the American Thanksgiving holiday. She was probably celebrating with family and didn't want to deal with work. Honestly given the first round comments, I'd say instead of going back to this editor you should be seeking out peer-group beta readers and working on your craft/more revision. A proofread is a final stage before publishing--it doesn't sound like you're ready to publish? Though I bet if you asked her for a partial refund to forego the proofread entirely, she'd give it to you just to get you out of her hair. So if you want money back, that might be the way to go. | Going silent and making you chase her down are huge red flags. If your writing is crap she should have said it was crap right away. No excuse. Not providing a useful service for you. | 0 | 621 | 1.793103 | ||
z83xgm | writing_train | 0.93 | Need advice about an editor I hired Hi all I joined aFacebook writing run by an author of multiple well-received novels. In his group page, that author highly recommended a freelance editor that he claimed he uses. I sent her a couple of thousand words sample of my writing, and we agreed that I pay her upfront 810 USD for two rounds of edits: a content edit and a proofread. I sent her the 50k manuscript on July 26th, and after going cold and a couple of reminders, she sent it back with only the below comments, and they were all made a day before she sent them according to Microsoft Word track changes and review software. I only got the first round on October 13th, and now I sent her the revised manuscript for the second round, and she has gone silent. She won’t confirm receiving it even though I sent it to her on November 19th and then reminded her to verify that she received it on November 23rd and again Nov 28th and until now, I have not heard from her. Is this normal for freelance editors? Should I not have paid her until after she finished? Her tone and response time were utterly different before payment. I’m just frustrated and thought I would ask here if there is anything I could do about it. I should have probably gone for someone highly reviewed on Fivver or Upwork. These are her only “content edits”. I send them because they seem scarce and hasty. The only content edits for a 50k manuscript: • I don't get a sense of the setting, location, time of year, etc. Readers need to know where they are when they begin a story. This part is narrative so it's not all that important but it might be a good idea to mention where they live. In the next scene, we definitely need some description of the setting. We also need some of the five senses. • 'there are' and words like 'about' are weak filter words that make the writing less active. • Again, we need some description of the setting and senses. I won't keep mentioning this, but as you revise, you might want to be aware and work on layering some of that in so readers really feel like the are there. • It's best not to use these types of dialogue tags. They are 'telling.' • As often as you can, rather than using tags like this, it's better to have some action, gestures, emotion, etc. It's not as 'telling' and it helps paint a vivid picture. • We need to stay in third person. • I won't keep correcting these. I'll leave that to you so you get the practice and remember more to avoid tense slips in the future. When I do the next round, I'll watch for any you might have missed. • I'm noticing that there is no emotion of the characters. We are getting the events that unfold but not any reactions or how the characters feel about it. • I would suggest having the dialogue 'shown' instead of just telling readers what a character said. I noticed a lot of that earlier as well. Sometimes in small increments it is okay, but I think for the most part, it's better to actually show the dialogue. • Why did you start using 'Reema' instead of 'me'? • Again, wondering about using her user name instead of 'me'? • This is all very good and makes her very sympathetic. Great job at showing the realism of what she would be thinking and going through. • I have corrected many of these, but a character's action should always be in the same paragraph as their dialogue. • It seems like she'd be anxious to hear what he has to say, so maybe she'll try to press him on the subject? At least a little? • How does this feel to her? Does she like it? Is she repulsed? • Are these lyrics to an actual song? If so, then it's most likely a copyright violation. • I don't understand this part? | iyaavqm | iy9x2h7 | 1,669,761,108 | 1,669,755,676 | 52 | 14 | Going silent and making you chase her down are huge red flags. If your writing is crap she should have said it was crap right away. No excuse. Not providing a useful service for you. | I can't tell you about freelance editors specifically, but for freelance work in general the nugget of wisdom I usually hear is to pay half now, then the other half when the work is done. according to your agreement. It's the most fair for both parties involved. While yes, there is some onus on you to check and verify their merits, I don't blame you for hiring them since they already have a relationship with a good author like you said. However, it sounds to me like they focus more on their stable income, published and known authors, and put lesser-known or emerging authors on the backburner. Now that's the nice way of looking at it, because it could also be some snobbishness that she thinks you might not be important enough because putting jobs aside that were already paid for in the timeframe you mentioned is highly unprofessional and it's not like she's a novice at it. | 1 | 5,432 | 3.714286 |
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