The Writers Thread

[Enduro]

     I usually spend a lot of time plotting it out in my head. Once I am satisfied with what I have there, I'll sit down and put 8-10 pages on paper. I have someone look over it and give suggestions. The I redraft. I usually only do two drafts instead of three, which from what I have been made to understood is somewhat unusual.

I usually only do two drafts myself. I also usually don't outline

Every project is different; sometimes I only need one draft, some I extensively outline and rewrite.

[Mr. Smith]

I usually do outlines [such as chapter synposes] and character profiles and that stuff. I try to do things chapter by chapter

Although I'm fairly guilty of writing by the seat of my pants too.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I never need proper outlines to write.

[Enduro]

I never need proper outlines to write.

Do you mean you don't write outlines, or you write the Tim Turner version of outlines?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I never need proper outlines to write.

Do you mean you don't write outlines, or you write the Tim Turner version of outlines?

I make stuff up as I go along. I do advance planning, and there are times I put them there as little remainders at the end while I'm writing, to remind myself that I need to add them to the story, but actual proper outlines is something I never do.

[KingSweden]

Finished my rough draft today! Exciting stuff

[Enduro]

Finished my rough draft today! Exciting stuff

Nice! This is the sixth book in the previously mentioned series, right?

[KingSweden]

Finished my rough draft today! Exciting stuff

Nice! This is the sixth book in the previously mentioned series, right?

Technically the fifth. There are two spinoff prequels set in-universe too

[Enduro]

Might as well share how much material I've completed:

~6 short stories, 2 unfinished TV pilots, a few pages of terrible stand up, 1 unfinished novella, 2 unfinished novels, 3 short film screenplays, ~20 movie outlines, and ~8 long form stories I haven't decided on a format for

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I'm working on something related to TSDP (The Story of Dragons and Pixies).

[Mike Thick]

I've written the first two chapters of like five different timelines, but I can never actually manage to finish them.

[FairBol]

I originally made this thread in Off-Topic, but after thinking it over, I think it actually belongs here.

Anyway, here is the original post of the first thread:
I decided to make this thread dedicated to writing. Post if you start a new writing project, if you get published, links to previously published works, writing technics, ways to beat the dreaded writer's block, or anything writing related.

Think I'll be doing an essay on "alternate universes" soon. 

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

[Badger]

About to wrap the fifth book in my series. Hitting the realization that man's reach exceeds his grasp and the epic scale I've reached may be biting off more than I can chew

So you're actually published? Can you at least share if it is fiction or nonfiction, and what genre?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Pop a lip in, put on a pot of black coffee, turn on Yessongs, and get to work.

[Enduro]

Writing momentarily paused until while I move and save money for a laptop, but I've been outlining some exciting ideas on my phone.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Writing momentarily paused until while I move and save money for a laptop, but I've been outlining some exciting ideas on my phone.

Don't forget to check my exciting stories on your phone too!
(if you want to. I won't and can't force you to do it)

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Today so far I managed to write 5 new pages for my current, Polish-language project.

Still waiting for the first volume of my (written in English) book to come out. The published hinted it'll be mid-July. If you want more detail, you can PM me

[KingSweden]

About to wrap the fifth book in my series. Hitting the realization that man's reach exceeds his grasp and the epic scale I've reached may be biting off more than I can chew

So you're actually published? Can you at least share if it is fiction or nonfiction, and what genre?

Self pub on Amazon. It's science fiction.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Today so far I managed to write 5 new pages for my current, Polish-language project.

After two months w/o one day I got to page 108, which is really slow for me. Thanks Obama.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Today so far I managed to write 5 new pages for my current, Polish-language project.

After two months w/o one day I got to page 108, which is really slow for me. Thanks Obama.

That's actually good, imo.

[Mr. Smith]

Today so far I managed to write 5 new pages for my current, Polish-language project.

After two months w/o one day I got to page 108, which is really slow for me. Thanks Obama.

That's actually good, imo.

Yeah.

Then again, I barely can pull 50 WPM, and it takes me ages to get even a paragraph.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Today so far I managed to write 5 new pages for my current, Polish-language project.

After two months w/o one day I got to page 108, which is really slow for me. Thanks Obama.

That's actually good, imo.

Yeah.

Then again, I barely can pull 50 WPM, and it takes me ages to get even a paragraph.

If I know what I want to write, and know what I want to say, I can get a good amount of stuff done in an hour. But not as much as you can. 50 WPM? I can only dream.

[FairBol]

I just wrote up some lyrics for a parody song....this one pretty much pokes fun at the general crappiness of Connecticut governor Dan Malloy.  To the tune of "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" by Tears For Fears, here's "Everybody Wants To Run The State (Connecticut)"....best sung in a Dan Malloy-like voice!

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What do you guys think of this? LOL!!

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I'm....so...distracted...from...writing...ugh