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A Thought On Method

Started by movieguyjon · 7 months ago

As a writer for any medium, you often get asked (or are made to ask yourself), “What’s your method?” Some people respond with a very complex list of how they get into the mood to write and then how they go about building their magnum opus while others ... Continue reading »

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  • Bob

    7 months ago

    I'm the same way about programming. Sometimes I'm in the mood and it just comes naturally, but sometimes I just can't seem to focus or produce anything meaningful. I've come to the same conclusion you have. The key is to at least do a tiny bit every day. Even if I only spend a couple minutes doing it, I can still feel like I've made some progress.
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  • movieguyjon

    7 months ago

    Yeah, as long as I can get SOMETHING written, I'll feel like I've made some amount of progress. Some days it gets real tough and you can feel it as you try to write. Suddenly, 140 characters seems like 4-5 pages. Like I said before, it's nice that twitter and friendfeed and all them exist so I can at least get something written out.
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  • Coco

    7 months ago

    I'm kind of with you on the sporadic method. There are days when i'm just a bad writer and days when i'm an excellent one. I deal with it by using my off days to organize what i already have. Write down ideas, organize story arcs, work on character composition, and then i have all the grunt work done when i'm actually ready to piece it all together and write.
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  • movieguyjon

    7 months ago

    From now on, we should call it The Sporadic Method. Makes it seem more official. :) I like your method of getting the grunt work done when you're not feeling like much of a good writer. I should try that out and see if it helps during my writing slumps.
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