Snowflake Challenge Day Three
Jan. 3rd, 2015 05:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
turpsIn your own space, talk about your creative process - from what inspires you to what motivates you to how you manage to break through blocks. Does your process change depending on the type of creating you're doing? Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
I wasn't sure what to write here. I don't have a muse or something special, I just write. But, I guess that urge to write has to come from somewhere.
Mostly I get inspired by thinking, what if? What if Chris lived on the streets? What if MCR went to space? What if Brendon was sent to an anti-gay camp? What if Frank was Mikey's bodyguard? Then what usually happens is I'll consider those what ifs for a while, and if they take hold, talk them over with other people. That always strengthens ideas for me, once I get them out there and people will listen to me babble on. Not that it means the stories will always get written. I've a few what ifs that I've outlined to various people and they've just languished.
Often those what ifs are inspired by picture prompts, but unlike many people I don't get inspired by music, which ties into how I write. When I do so I can't have music playing as it distracts me. I also can't have anyone else in the room, which means I only tend to write when I'm alone or when Corey's up in his bedroom. Not because I'm embarrassed about what I'm doing, as they both James and Corey know, just I get so easily distracted. I need near silence to get those words on a page.
I also write from beginning to end. On occasions I'll plan things out and briefly sketch out scenes that I intend to write, especially when I've a deadline to write to. But mostly I just start to write at the beginning and stop when I reach the end. Though I've discovered that what I consider the end often isn't what my betas consider the end. But hey, what's a few thousand missing words between friends?
I don't edit as I go on. I'm a bad speller, especially when rushed, and if I took the time to change stuff like that I'd never get things done. But I do read things over before sending to beta, and one of the hardest things I've learned is sometimes you have to delete whole chunks of text to make a good story.
How do I manage to break through blocks? With difficulty, and sadly the more you're behind a block the more it seems impossible to do so. But, talking things out does help a little, and like I mentioned yesterday, immersing yourself in the fandom you love can also help.
So yeah, that's my process. Idea sparked, silence, words on a page, a beginning and an end. Nothing fancy, nothing elaborate, but it suits me just fine.
I wasn't sure what to write here. I don't have a muse or something special, I just write. But, I guess that urge to write has to come from somewhere.
Mostly I get inspired by thinking, what if? What if Chris lived on the streets? What if MCR went to space? What if Brendon was sent to an anti-gay camp? What if Frank was Mikey's bodyguard? Then what usually happens is I'll consider those what ifs for a while, and if they take hold, talk them over with other people. That always strengthens ideas for me, once I get them out there and people will listen to me babble on. Not that it means the stories will always get written. I've a few what ifs that I've outlined to various people and they've just languished.
Often those what ifs are inspired by picture prompts, but unlike many people I don't get inspired by music, which ties into how I write. When I do so I can't have music playing as it distracts me. I also can't have anyone else in the room, which means I only tend to write when I'm alone or when Corey's up in his bedroom. Not because I'm embarrassed about what I'm doing, as they both James and Corey know, just I get so easily distracted. I need near silence to get those words on a page.
I also write from beginning to end. On occasions I'll plan things out and briefly sketch out scenes that I intend to write, especially when I've a deadline to write to. But mostly I just start to write at the beginning and stop when I reach the end. Though I've discovered that what I consider the end often isn't what my betas consider the end. But hey, what's a few thousand missing words between friends?
I don't edit as I go on. I'm a bad speller, especially when rushed, and if I took the time to change stuff like that I'd never get things done. But I do read things over before sending to beta, and one of the hardest things I've learned is sometimes you have to delete whole chunks of text to make a good story.
How do I manage to break through blocks? With difficulty, and sadly the more you're behind a block the more it seems impossible to do so. But, talking things out does help a little, and like I mentioned yesterday, immersing yourself in the fandom you love can also help.
So yeah, that's my process. Idea sparked, silence, words on a page, a beginning and an end. Nothing fancy, nothing elaborate, but it suits me just fine.
