/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.2177330]

I'm trying writing a novel/story, just casually and as an exercise. But I'd like your input on a few things:

1. Is it ok to write parts of scenes I haven't got to yet? Why/why not?

2. I have rough ideas about where the story can go and what can happen, but connections and conclusions I'm unsure about. Is it ok to just write and see where I feel like going at the time?

3. I've thought more about settings and characters, and less about plot. Will I be able to sort that out as I go along too?

4. I think if I don't check myself I'll go into too much detail and just describe the characters' everyday lives. Is this something I need to look out for? Is it a problem?

5. I'm not sure what the point of the story will be; I haven't thought up an ending, goal or message. Is that something I should do before I start?

Thanks /lit/ :)

[satan !OW9DVqIqy6 No.2177351]

You should write according to whichever process you find suitable.
Though d&e might pop in here and have a period about following set methodology and standards, this is usually something which only uncreative people resort to...

so yes to the first 3 questions
no to the 4th
and whatever you feel like to the 5th

[Anonymous No.2177360]

Yes, Yes, Maybe, Try not to, people will tell you you do, you don't.

[Anonymous No.2177374]

>I'm trying writing a novel/story, just casually and as an exercise. But I'd like your input on a few things:
>I'm trying TO WRITE a novel/story
There.

As for #5. write what you can, rewrite when you need to, but get to that point and ending eventually. The sooner the better I'd think, otherwise its just writing practice.

[Anonymous No.2177379]

first priority is just to get as much as you can out, like get into a flow, your inner editor will bitch but channel your inner samuel l jackson and tell him to say what again motherfucker and just bang it out and then go back and revise the fuck out of it but not until youve got a thing on paper

[Anonymous No.2177561]

>>2177351
Ok, cool, I'll do it casual like.

Who's d&e? I'd enjoy trying any special methodologies that might make me come up with better stuff.

>>2177360
Cool, thanks.

>>2177374
I think "trying writing" is correct, just nonstandard. "I'm trying <action>" makes sense.

It somewhat is just practice, but I want plot and ending practice too, so I'll try for that.

>>2177379
Lol, cool!

[Anonymous No.2178429]

Any general tips for a new writer?

[Deep&Edgy !pSkjEcB9sQ No.2178441]

>>2178429
learn who d&e is

[Anonymous No.2178445]

>>2178429
stop talking about writing and write.

best possible advice for a novice.

[Anonymous No.2178829]

>>2178441
Heh. I'm new to /lit/, I don't know the regulars! Do you have any cool methodologies for writing?

>>2178445
Yes, quite right. I have a bit of an artistic block on details, and looking for more tips is a way of putting off the difficulty, but I'll just write anyway and overcome it with practice.

[Deep&Edgy !pSkjEcB9sQ No.2178834]

>>2178829
"it is easy to prescribe how to become a good short story writer, but to do it presumes qualities which are habitually overlooked when one says, “I don’t have enough talent.” Let a person make a hundred or more drafts of short stories, none longer than two pages, yet each of a clarity such that each word in it is necessary; let him write down anecdotes each day until he learns how to find their most concise, effective form; let him be inexhaustible in collecting and depicting human types and characters; let him above all tell tales as often as possible, and listen to tales, with a sharp eye and ear for the effect on the audience; let him travel like a landscape painter and costume designer; let him excerpt from the various sciences everything that has an artistic effect if well portrayed; finally, let him contemplate the motives for human behavior, and disdain no hint of information about them, and be a collector of such things day and night. In this diverse exercise, let some ten years pass: and then what is created in the workshop may also be brought before the public eye."

good luck

[Anonymous No.2178961]

>>2178834
good advice for basically anything

[Anonymous No.2179329]

>>2178834
Thanks for the advice and the luck :)