Open Thread: Oracle Hotline
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superhero_muses--How would you describe your writing process?
Haha, at the moment almost nonexistent, alas! Ideally, I tend to come up with an idea--usually for a basic plot trope or a key scene, then figure out a plot that allows me to get to that scene or enjoy that trope to the fullest. I tend to be a really linear writer--I start at the beginning and if I get stuck, I'm stuck until I figure it out! I'm not good at skipping around, though sometimes I wish I were...
How's the writing process been for what you're working on right now? Mine is pretty typical right now--I got a basic idea, I'm doing research (what was the gay scene like in Liverpool in the 1950s? What was life like in the Merchant Marine in the 1950s? What was life like for a graphic designer in the 1970s in New York City?) It's taking longer than usual because it's set in something so close to the real world...
Haha, at the moment almost nonexistent, alas! Ideally, I tend to come up with an idea--usually for a basic plot trope or a key scene, then figure out a plot that allows me to get to that scene or enjoy that trope to the fullest. I tend to be a really linear writer--I start at the beginning and if I get stuck, I'm stuck until I figure it out! I'm not good at skipping around, though sometimes I wish I were...
How's the writing process been for what you're working on right now? Mine is pretty typical right now--I got a basic idea, I'm doing research (what was the gay scene like in Liverpool in the 1950s? What was life like in the Merchant Marine in the 1950s? What was life like for a graphic designer in the 1970s in New York City?) It's taking longer than usual because it's set in something so close to the real world...
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Date: 2022-04-05 01:10 pm (UTC)I'm constantly doing research, especially if it's a story set in the past. Research can be fun! :)
My usual pattern is write in longhand in my notebook, and then edit while I type it up. I never have to worry about losing the story what with various computer troubles, because it's in the notebook. :)
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Date: 2022-04-08 11:20 am (UTC)It's funny, by the time I started writing fic, I wasn't using paper at all anymore. The few times I've tried writing longhand have been kind of disasters, I just can't think that way anymore, I need the keyboard!
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Date: 2022-04-05 04:11 pm (UTC)I do something similar- once I have a plot, I usually have between 1-3 scenes that I want in the story and tend to work around those. I am a linear writer too. Even if I know something is going to happen in the future, I can't just write it and I want to get there naturally.
I'm not good at skipping around, though sometimes I wish I were...
Same.
Right now, I am working on my role reversal fic (which I finally updated after almost a year!) and it involves trying to researching random DC characters to tie the plot together and overthinking the implications of the actual role reversal.
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Date: 2022-04-08 11:22 am (UTC)And sometimes what happens on the way changes the thing for the better or makes it more resonant, so it's important to get there the long way, I feel like! (But I still sometimes yearn to skip the scene-setting parts...)
Right now, I am working on my role reversal fic (which I finally updated after almost a year!) and it involves trying to researching random DC characters to tie the plot together and overthinking the implications of the actual role reversal.
Yay for updates, no matter how long they take! That's wonderful news! I hop this week has been good to it... there are so many minor characters to choose from, sometimes it feels like you never need to create an OC!