Thread: The Way You Write

I write this way...I think outloud, meaning I speak as I write and therefore the words pour out faster then I can type.

how do you write?
and is there such a thing as writing/thinking exercise to strike the right balance between writing and thinking and thus not run out of words or ideas?

LIke you I talk out loud as well. I pace the house like a freak. Even losing track of time and am up to all ours of the night. 'Tis rather funny actually.

haha....do you..you know sometimes I think it must the internet effect on us almost like car and road rage , I belive lots of us may be affected by technology in different ways.
Plus we do various things at the same, type,think,look etc...too much I reckon.
I am thinking it must be different to write away from a computer then with a computer/internet I do not know

I write very instinctively. I get an idea and just go, my keyboard tends to get hammered in enthusiasm actually, lol. I can definitely relate to the up all hours and losing track of time, writing is usually the second last thing I do before I sleep, the last reading. I also have that habit of looking up and to a corner when I'm thinking whilst writing.

I have to admit the internet has affected the way I write. I'm easily distracted by others and their lives. It's all good though. It's like my very own sitcom, in my mind. See I find a lot of the internet rather funny.

I write in fits and starts. Mostly fits.

Originally Posted by Offeiriad

I write in fits and starts. Mostly fits.

can you offer us examples offeiriad?

I tend to edit as I go, not that I have to do much, but can't help it, at least it usually means that what I write is readable. I will then check the spelling, punctuation and grammar several times. I would be ashamed to post a sentence which was either mis-spelled, badly punctuated or was a grammatical cock-up - Doesn't mean I always get it right, I might, for instance, look at this in two days time and decide that I had the word order wrong...

I'm usually thinking about my book all the time. I mean, I'm having a conversation with somone and I'm nodding my head, but I'm thinking about the car accident that's going to happen. Or I'm driving to work behind some student driver taking their sweet time, and I'm thinking about how my mc is going to find a cure for her disease. I sit at work with my music on, talking to people about their crappy situations in life and I'm thinking about my book. I lay in bed, thinking about what my characters are going to do next. So when I sit down to write in the morning before work, I'm usually loaded with writing material that just flies from my fingertips. I am like JK, and what they posted is very true of me. I tend to get overly excited and I bang my keyboard too hard with my enthusiasm. :0)

However, music helps me to think as well. I always... always have music on. If I'm at work, it's on. If I'm at home writing, I'm plugged into my headphones. If I'm cleaning, I'm dancing and thinking of my characters. And if I'm driving, my music is cranked. So I'm not so sure I could write well at all without my music. It just helps to zone me out. I guess the two go hand in hand for me. :0)

And MaggieMoo... I agree... the internet is distracting for me too. Especially this site. It's fun to find out things about writers like myself, and I've been too busy with the pleasures of meeting new people on here, that I haven't actually been throwing myself into my book! *sigh* Maybe I should think about banning myself from here for a little while! lol

Originally Posted by Nacian

can you offer us examples offeiriad?

I write a chunk at a time as I realise what should come next. Sometimes I go for days and weeks without adding to the story. That's why I claim merely to pretend at writing.

I write whatever needs to be written whenever it needs to be written unless it's at night in which case I'm in bed asleep.

Originally Posted by garza

I write whatever needs to be written whenever it needs to be written unless it's at night in which case I'm in bed asleep.

lol
so unless you are asleep, you are always writing with few breaks here and there?

My spelling is atrocious, my gramma is worse, how i ever communicate online is a wonder to me. It's just one of those things i'm working on, and yet people seem to get what i say ?

Mind you i talk to my wife all the time and she never understands what i'm saying !!

Maybe i should e-mail her and then she might understand my meaning !

Originally Posted by Sunny

And MaggieMoo... I agree... the internet is distracting for me too. Especially this site. It's fun to find out things about writers like myself, and I've been too busy with the pleasures of meeting new people on here, that I haven't actually been throwing myself into my book! *sigh* Maybe I should think about banning myself from here for a little while! lol

I had a friend who did that... She bans herself for 3 days a week. She said couldn't cope with another day. Ha ha.

I plan one or two chapters ahead of where I currently am. Then I just write as it comes. I sometimes stop to reorganize a thought. The most pauses are during dialogue, my weakest point. When I hit a block, it may be months before I pick the story up again as I try to think of a way around it.