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[turps]

I have a writing question o friends list.

How do you approach writing a story? Do you start at the beginning and keep going to the end? Hop around filling in scenes where needed? Something else?

See, I'm writing something that's pretty long, but have a scene that's buzzing inside my head. Thing is, that scene won't happen until much further into the story and I just don't work that way. I start at the beginning and write until the end. I can't imagine having a scene just sitting there waiting to be joined to the main story, but, it wants to get out so badly. I can feel the words on the tips of my fingers and it's annoying me. Plus, there's the real fear I'll forget what I wanted to write if I push them back.

So, I ask others how they write while I wrestle with what to do.

Comments

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Mostly, I start with the beginning and keep going to the end. But if a scene that I know happens later in the story suddenly haunts me? I'll write it down - particularly because I'm be worried I'll forget what I wanted to write when the 'right' time arrives. And sometimes, a scene just wants to be written down. Maybe you should go for it?