I tend to write in word, but I do make notes and rough out scenes on paper quite often, and I often use paper for planning the structure of a fic because I draw BOXES for scenes and it's great fun. I find it makes it easier to compose patterns and parallels (or notice patterns and parallels if I've stuck them in by accident).
When I actually write in word I'm horribly non-linear and I am terrible at writing entire drafts. I pick and pick at a few little scenes until I work up enough momentum to fill in the gaps. I usually end up with say an opening paragraph that's had four drafts and is perfect and the rest all as odd sentences or weird stream of consciousness stuff. I actually hate the way I write, it really frustrates me. I wish I could write entire drafts in one go instead of sticking for entire mornings on two sentences. It seems to work out okay in terms of final results, but it's really tooth gnashing to have to go through. WRITER ANGST.
I post stuff to my fic LJ and now I'm using AO3 because I wanted to have a backup just in case LJ goes kablooey. I have most of my fics on my hard drive somewhere, but that might not be eternal either. Plus I actually really like AO3 as an archive so I want to support it by using it.
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51stcenturyfox) wrote2010-01-12 10:28 am
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When I actually write in word I'm horribly non-linear and I am terrible at writing entire drafts. I pick and pick at a few little scenes until I work up enough momentum to fill in the gaps. I usually end up with say an opening paragraph that's had four drafts and is perfect and the rest all as odd sentences or weird stream of consciousness stuff. I actually hate the way I write, it really frustrates me. I wish I could write entire drafts in one go instead of sticking for entire mornings on two sentences. It seems to work out okay in terms of final results, but it's really tooth gnashing to have to go through. WRITER ANGST.
I post stuff to my fic LJ and now I'm using AO3 because I wanted to have a backup just in case LJ goes kablooey. I have most of my fics on my hard drive somewhere, but that might not be eternal either. Plus I actually really like AO3 as an archive so I want to support it by using it.
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I do like to support archives, too. And it appears that you can get an awful lot of text into an AO3 post.