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⌈ Secret Post #3009 ⌋

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[Peggy Carter]

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[Robin Hobb]

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[Fossil Fighters: Frontier]

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[Katie Holmes/Jamie Foxx]

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[Infinite Jest]

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(Harry Potter)

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[Hellsing]

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[Grimm]

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[CLC/CrystaL Clear]

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[Stargate Universe]

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[Doctor Who]

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[Robin Hood (BBC)]

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[Tales from the Borderlands]

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[Great British Bake Off]

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[The Cure]

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[Top Gear]

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[The X-Files]

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[Ron Perlman/Hannibal Chau, Pacific Rim]

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(One Direction, Zayn Malik)

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[Doctor Who]

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[bokura no negai]

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[Gunnerkrigg Court]

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The length thing is interesting. My stories tend to be short; the longest I've ever written was only about 90k. I keep wanting to write something longer though, so maybe I'll find out if that changes my planning style.

Yeah, if you're writing short stuff, then outlining might not seem so necessary. But I'm verbose my nature; I've been struggling lately to write anything short because I'm sick of getting stuck in these super long stories that take months and months to finish. They're the stories I want to tell though. Outlining has helped a bit in that regard as it helps me combine sections and get the most out of every scene I do so that I don't waste any energy on superfluous stuff. It also helps to have a definitive outcome to work towards so I can look at a section and see if it's necessary or not.

I think for me it's that I'm an exploratory sort of writer. First drafts are when I throw everything on the page just because it sounds interesting and take off in a direction I wasn't planning on because it seems like it might work. Then with the second draft, I create a much more strict outline where I cut out the stuff that doesn't work and make the necessary changes. Maybe it's not the best way to go about it (though they say all first drafts will need major work, so who knows), but my first drafts that are all about discovery are too much fun for me to give up.

I think I do a lot of that in my head. And, for me, my outline can often be a first draft. Some of them are pages in length where I throw out all my ideas and see where things go from there. But then I redo the outline a few times until I'm ready to write. I think it's easier for me to throw away concepts and look at them dispassionately when they're just ideas and I haven't spent hours trying to make a scene work.

I'm reading a book right now about time and writing where the author promotes a theory that you shouldn't sit down to write until you have something to write (and indeed you should make yourself wait a bit to get you anxious to write) but you also need to give yourself a lot of time to think about your writing. I'm not explaining it well at all and I haven't finished the book yet but I think it's pretty spot on for how I write.

But, I know everyone does stuff differently. That's the beauty of writing.

What book is that? I love reading writing books. It's fascinating to see all the different ways people approach this stuff, plus sometimes there's some good advice in there.

I agree! I love writing books. I have a ton I get at used book sales. I find there's always something interesting in all of them.

The one I'm reading now is called "A Writer's Time: Making the Time to Write" by Kenneth Atchity.

It's a little odd because he talks about a continent (your pragmatic side) and islands (your creative side) and I'm not entirely sure where he's going. But it's definitely a different kind of book since he's focused on how to use time efficiently. I'm not agreeing with everything but some of his advice has really gotten me to think about how I'm using my time so that's neat.

I'm not sure it's worth getting new though.

Sounds interesting. I might see if I can pick it up somewhere.

Also, I love used book sales too!

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