[ SECRET POST #3019 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3019 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[CSI: NY]


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[All Creatures Great and Small]


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[The Flash]


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[Arrow, Felicity Smoak]


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[Shin Megami Tensei]


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(Pretty Little Liars)


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[Fantasia]


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27. [ SPOILERS for Rage of Bahamut: Genesis ]



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28. [ SPOILERS for Better Call Saul ]



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29. [ SPOILERS for Umineko no Naku Koro ni ]



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30. [ WARNING for suicide ]



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Comments

Re: Writing Process

[sarillia]

I will admit to exaggerating but the people I'm talking about tend to be a bit hyperbolic about this too. I don't know how many times I've now read Chuck Wendig say "finish your shit!" or some variation along with a rant, and he's not the only one.

Re: Writing Process

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not familiar with Chuck Wendig but if he is like a lot of people who offer writing advice, it might be worth considering who the advice is intended for. For instance, when I was a young author, I started tons of stories and never finished any of them. Seeing how many WIPs exist from young fanfic writers, I feel like I'm not alone in this. Learning to stick with something is a valuable tool and a key step to being a successful writer.

But, for more established, confident writers, you can start something as an exercise to free your mind or challenge yourself or for fun, and it won't interfere with your ability to write other stuff to completion - you've figured out the secret on how to write.

If you are looking for advice, chances are you are more likely not a confident writer, in which case the best advice is usually "write, write, write", and "finish your shit" is another obvious but really useful piece of advice. And, the more confident writers who listen for the love of writing will generally know what pieces of advice apply to them and this would not be one of them.

Of course, as I said, I do not know what context this comes from for your example but that's generally how I've seen it.

/2 cents

Re: Writing Process

[sarillia]

I agree with this. I think it's just that I see hints of a kind of all or nothing attitude in it and that sort of attitude always bothers me. Like it's assumed that you're either finishing nothing or you have to go in planning to finish everything. I don't know, my mind is probably just going weird places again.

Re: Writing Process

[(Anonymous)]

No, I can see that. I mean, sometimes someone will say something sweeping and I know that it doesn't apply to me and it's probably not meant to be sweeping but I just get cranky about it.

And, of course, some people are idiots and think their way is the ONLY way. You can't always know which it's going to be when listening to someone, so you get defensive. That seems fairly reasonable to me.

Re: Writing Process

[(Anonymous)]

DA

Hyperbole is unhelpful, but really, the advice to finish projects really isn't. If you're planning on writing for professional submission, on writing anything involving deadlines, or even seeing through a fanfic idea, then learning what it takes to actually finish something is pretty important.

A lot of WIPs in fanfic especially peter out not because, as people assume, writers find some new shiny to write about (though that does happen too), but often because they have no concept of what it actually means to write something complete. That means closing off plot holes, satisfying character arcs, how to get the story from Point A to Point B. So many writers get stuck in the middle, or when the plot starts to fizzle out, and they have no idea how to write their way out of that, or how to structure well enough to avoid it happening to any unsalvagable extent in the first place.

Unless you stick at something until it's finished then you're never going to gain and hone the skills required to get over the inevitable hurdles involved in writing anything lengthy. If all you ever do is give up and start something new when things get tough (or, more often, boring), then you're not doing yourself any favours as a writer.

Re: Writing Process

[sarillia]

I agree. I like finishing things and I'm glad I've pushed myself to do it so many times. But I think there's also room to play with things that you know you're never going to do anything with. There are people who act like I should feel guilty about having so many unfinished stories sitting around on my laptop, but I don't. It's not like I don't have finished ones too.