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Anonymous Sat Apr 18 13:16:18 2015 No.6420226 [Reply] [Original]

When writing, should one just write with a vague premise and expand on it as you go or plan things out quite heavily beforehand?
Also, any good books on writing?

>>	« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » Sat Apr 18 13:22:46 2015 No.6420247 >>6420226 >When writing, should one just write with a vague premise and expand on it as you go or plan things out quite heavily beforehand? Sounds like a plan.

Anonymous Sat Apr 18 13:27:29 2015 No.6420259
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I'm just a humble anon, but in my limited writing experience it's been so much easier to have an outline established before getting to the pulp of my writing. I just use an excel spreadsheet to order chronological events, character developments, and general ideas before sitting down, picking out a square, and just writing a chapter or two on it.

Pic related, I just made a plot chart a few days ago.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 18 13:31:32 2015 No.6420274 >>6420247 Youre always so helpful, buttershit.

Anonymous Sat Apr 18 13:33:06 2015 No.6420279
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For shorter stuff or things you've been thinking about for some time I believe just jumping into it is the best course. But if it's a longer work or something you want to have a certain structure or a very specific progression an outline can help you get better results and work faster.

This is good >>6420259 but you can also buy those small library cards and write there. If you have a fluid structure you can switch them around over a table or the floor and quickly see how it would go.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 18 13:33:20 2015 No.6420281 >>6420259 Do you write in chronological order?

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 18 13:34:21 2015 No.6420290 >>6420281 Not necessarily. It's easy to go back and edit anything that feels messy when you're done with the first complete draft.

>>	« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » Sat Apr 18 13:37:04 2015 No.6420303 >>6420274 It's a yes or no question. "Sounds like a plan" is an affirmative btw. Maybe it's just from my family.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 18 13:47:33 2015 No.6420341 Begginners should practice automatic writing more and lose the fear of writing shit. The problem of what is the best approach to writing comes after you've broken that barrier. >should nope

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 18 13:51:00 2015 No.6420349 >>6420279 >small library cards What are those?

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 18 13:52:45 2015 No.6420357 >>6420274 leave butterfly alone, it's not her job to comfort shitty wannabe NEET writers.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 18 13:53:49 2015 No.6420359 File: 65 KB, 570x570, il_570xN.193712278.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6420349 We have a simplified version around here, but even this ones can work (if you re use the columns) >>6420357 Yeah, leave the board's aunt alone!

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 18 16:44:11 2015 No.6421016 >>6420359 I could see it work with something like >Author General title >Title Chapter title >Borrower's name General description >Date due How many words you have.

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