This week's schedule
Monday: 6.45am - 4pm
Tuesday: 6.45am - 3.10pm (overtime after 1.30pm)
Wednesday: Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Thursday: 7am - 5pm
Friday: 11am - 6 pm(Misread the schedule ^^;)
Saturday: Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :D
Sunday: 4pm - 8pm :o
But why are you sharing your schedule with everyone?
1) Because I feel like reveling in it 2) so people can praise me for working 3) it gives an actual reason for why I am falling behind with my commenting >.>
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Montana it is! It's far from New York and has all the requirements for fitting into the story. Now I just need to decide whether to really go through with being more thorough by picking a town/a general area or just go with Montana. Decisions!
Alright then. Because I feel guilty about not having read the latest chapter in "The Imperial Guard" by Becky, I shall try to divulge how my writing process works. Prepare yourself for something non-spectacular and boring. Don't wanna raise your expectations unnecessarily, after all >.>
I will always be anywhere but at the computer when, pokeprodnudgeslap, a scene plays out in my mind. Both characters and sceneries are always very clear. First I take a moment to focus on it, sort of like fixing your eyes on a target so it doesn't vanish while you're reaching for your camera/weapon/sketch book. Then a mad scramble for paper and pen ensues.
Sometimes my notes are detailed, including past-present-future "status" of the characters, but they may just as well be bare boned and simply describe place and characters in the scene.
This time around it happened while being in the early stages of my horrible virus sickness, strangely enough! I saw a scene (setting, character, story progression from before that moment, incredibly brief conversation) and then immediately moved onto back-tracking (moviefied example: a grown man stares at a painting and the scene gradually/swiftly changes to him as a young boy, staring at the same painting)
Once that's done I'll move to the computer, since there's no way I could write with a pen/pencil. My thoughts/decisions are all over the story and half of it would fade away before I could think about jotting anything down ^^; Plus, it removes the frustrations of editing.
On the subject of editing, if you were to look over my shoulder while this initial process occurs you'd seriously wonder if there was actually a cohesive plot behind what appears on the screen. Short paragraphs covering a page, none of them connecting to each other, duplicates of a scene when I can't decide if the original was better or the improvement will work with the rest of the rough draft, a mix of heavy detailed/polished writing and random plot points (kind of comparing Mona Lisa to a "connect the dots" with half of the image missing).
I like to work from beginning to end, ie writing the story as it plays out instead of skipping the middle part to tinker with the ending. Probably because of my obsessive-compulsive editing and how the story will change as my initial notes become more polished. That's not to say there's no flexibility, though. If my inspiration decides it wants to focus on something further ahead then obviously I'm not gonna be able to stop it, haha.
That's pretty much it :o
(Care to witness my notes for the story I'm currently working on? ^^;) And I'm now too lazy/exhausted to proofread this post!