Comments on: The Stupidest Writing Decision I Ever Made

By: aj chase

aj chase — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:03:41 +0000

oh wow. that sounds miserable. i never place holder sex but it would suck to be caught in that situation. i think it would be the time made a 70K book take place over seven days in a house no one could leave. horrible. half the time i couldn’t even remember what day it was.

By: Jeannie Lin

Jeannie Lin — Mon, 03 May 2010 15:30:20 +0000

I always seem to get stuck on the love scene, but once I tried to skip it and it was so difficult going back and getting back to the same emotional place. Thank goodness it was a short!

So I can’t laugh at you or throw the first stone.

By: Neith

Neith — Mon, 03 May 2010 15:29:51 +0000

Oh. i only do that sort of. I might skip ONE scene because i can’t get the flow or mood right. i don’t skip them all. I’d be a wreck.

By: Inez Kelley

Inez Kelley — Mon, 03 May 2010 15:03:20 +0000

Oh, I have done that and then spent like 4 days writing nothing but sex I hated it! I usually leave notes to myself like *INSERT sex here, show deepening feeling, realization of BLAH BLAH BLAH* There is always some reason for the sex and I know what it is but that doesn’t mean I’m in the mindset to write it all the time.

By: JulieD

JulieD — Mon, 03 May 2010 14:59:32 +0000

Although new, i’ve experienced this pain already. i write part on screen and part long hand, so i just tend to start where i feel like starting in a scene, and hope it fits in when i transcribe later.

but, then there are gaps, and i don’t really know what to do with them so i move on instead of staring at my screen blankly and getting frustrated. but then there’s more gaps. and i’m stuck with a swiss cheese story that’s just mind-bogglingly overwhelming.

someday, i’ll actually plot out a story and try and write in order. maybe.