WIP check in: day 23

[lullabymoon]

Sorry for missing yesterday, I completely spaced out.

Anyway, how was today for you?

Poll #13930

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Today I...

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wrote
3 (50.0%)

edited
1 (16.7%)

researched
2 (33.3%)

posted
1 (16.7%)

had a rest
2 (33.3%)

did something else
1 (16.7%)

Today was...

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great
1 (16.7%)

okay
3 (50.0%)

average
2 (33.3%)

meh
0 (0.0%)

I don't want to talk about it
0 (0.0%)

Today's discussion topic: What do you find easiest to write: description or dialogue? Do you tend to write that first to help out, or do you leave it to last so you can focus on what you find harder first?

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[linaewen]

Yesterday I did some research, which was helpful. Today after I finish with Real Life, I hope to put some words on paper, and see how much progress with the story I can make.

I find writing dialogue easier, and I tend to write as part of my notes for a story snatches of dialogue that set the tone for where I want to go. Description is harder, but a lot of times when I know how the dialogue is going to go, I can visualize how to describe the scene.

[lilly_c]

I took a break yesterday and today, I think it has helped a little because I'm a little more clearer on what I'm going to be mainly working on for a while.

I find dialogue to be much easier to write than description although I do try and make notes in my notebook and on Libre (if I have a typed version) that remind me to add the descriptons later.

[the_rck]

For me, dialogue is much easier than description. I often bog down on descriptive passages and have to get past them by putting in a placeholder note such as "[describe room here]." I come back and hammer them out in rewrites. Dialogue tends to flow fairly easily.