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writethisfanficHullo, y'all. I'm annotated_em and I'll be fielding the check-in posts this week!
For today's discussion, I'm going to draw a bit on my day job. Some writing and composition scholars are really into the idea of the writing process (it usually gets outlined as prewrite-write-rewrite). A writer, they suggest, begins to write by planning what they're going to write about, then writes, and finishes up by revising the composition. Other composition scholars argue from what we call a post-process position, which basically boils down to "It's not that simple" and "Writing is a recursive process." In lay terms, these scholars argue that a writer moves back and forth between these stages of writing--planning, writing a little, planning some more, making an edit or two, writing some more, rewriting as they come up with a new idea or insight, and so forth.
What does your writing process look like? Do you have a linear writing process, one that starts with brainstorming and outlining and proceeds through the writing and editing stages in an orderly fashion? Do you find yourself moving back and forth between the different stages of writing? Do you have your own special stages of writing? (Me, I have the intermediate angst stage that goes somewhere in the middle of the writing stage; it involves developing a sudden hatred for the project and wailing to whomever will listen that it is horrible and terrible and no one will ever read it, why did I think this was a good idea?) The next best thing to writing is writing about one's writing, so tell us all about your process in the comments!
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How did it go today?
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Extremely well!
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Pretty good, I guess.
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Eh.
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Could have gone better.
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I don't wanna talk about it.
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What did you do today?
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Planned/outlined
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Researched
2 (20.0%)
"Researched"
2 (20.0%)
Wrote
5 (50.0%)
Revised
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Posted
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Rested (upon my laurels or otherwise)
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Did something else
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For today's discussion, I'm going to draw a bit on my day job. Some writing and composition scholars are really into the idea of the writing process (it usually gets outlined as prewrite-write-rewrite). A writer, they suggest, begins to write by planning what they're going to write about, then writes, and finishes up by revising the composition. Other composition scholars argue from what we call a post-process position, which basically boils down to "It's not that simple" and "Writing is a recursive process." In lay terms, these scholars argue that a writer moves back and forth between these stages of writing--planning, writing a little, planning some more, making an edit or two, writing some more, rewriting as they come up with a new idea or insight, and so forth.
What does your writing process look like? Do you have a linear writing process, one that starts with brainstorming and outlining and proceeds through the writing and editing stages in an orderly fashion? Do you find yourself moving back and forth between the different stages of writing? Do you have your own special stages of writing? (Me, I have the intermediate angst stage that goes somewhere in the middle of the writing stage; it involves developing a sudden hatred for the project and wailing to whomever will listen that it is horrible and terrible and no one will ever read it, why did I think this was a good idea?) The next best thing to writing is writing about one's writing, so tell us all about your process in the comments!
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Date: Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012 04:01 (UTC)My writing process is pretty much all over with my longer works. I'll think up of a plot and some scenes, outline, write, change outline, research if needed, write on the spot, edit, send to beta, edit according to beta's comments, etc. Or a close variation. XD
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Date: Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012 10:17 (UTC)I usually have a basic outline, then I start working on the story, outline the next few parts - but sometimes ideas for later come up and then I write them down. Occasionally I write soemthing that will happen later.