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[turps]

I've been having an interesting discussion over email lately, which led to a question I wanted to ask other people.

At night, or when I'm in the car or even just sitting when it's quiet, I tend to tell myself stories in my head. Nothing I'd ever write down, just things/people I like and think about. I do that with words and occasional images. So it's like a book with illustrations as opposed to say, watching a movie.

My question is. When you think, do you do so in words, pictures or some other way? Or maybe you don't do the story thing at all and think I'm a big old weirdo. In which case, feel free to smile and back away.

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[randomling]

For me, it always starts with the words. Pictures may or may not come (I'm very rarely a visual writer, which means I have to concentrate very hard to get descriptions right - but also, I think means that I'm good at the small relevant details?). I'm much more likely to start with a clear first line and go from there, rather than a first image, if that makes sense? And then if the first line makes me ask questions about what's going on in the story, all the better.

For stories I'm not actually writing right now, it tends to be lots and lots of scenes with snippets of dialogue going on the whole time. Sometimes narration too, but mostly it's dialogue. Again, visuals are rare.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

That does make sense, especially getting the details. It sounds a lot like how I think, very much word based rather than pictures.

You know, I'm totally going to lie in bed tonight and analyse how I'm thinking *g*