Is 'Just write it' ALWAYS good advice? - Page 7

Davarian · 01-17-2013, 08:19 PM

If there's one thing I've learned about rules, guidelines, and advice, it's that NOTHING always applies. Heh, not even the Golden Rule. Not even Newton's Laws. Everything has exceptions

That being said, I think "just writing it" is a good idea for your senario simply beacuse you might overthink the whole thing, and then nothin gets done.

quickWit · 01-17-2013, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Roger J Carlson

Is too ... times a thousand.

GAH! Bested, yet again! How can I debate such unassailable logic?

AshleyEpidemic · 01-17-2013, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Stacia Kane

The thing is, too, that for every person for whom "Just write it" doesn't work, there's someone for whom it's permission.

Lots of people come here with the idea that they MUST plot in advance, they MUST have a detailed outline before they start, they MUST know how the story ends first. Not because that's their process, but because they read it somewhere or someone gave them that advice before.

For those people, "Just write it" sets them free. It makes them realize that lots of successful writers (by which I mean writers who have finished a book) start with a character and an idea, not a pages-long detailed outline with bullet points and character factsheets and pictures of models or actors.

There isn't always a way of knowing in advance which people those are.

I think I read this a million times because I kind of love it. For some people it works, for others it does not, and you can't know. You can only help based off what little you know about a poster. Some people need that permission or need to feel that access has been granted to do what they want.

As long as people accept that there is not just one way or one winner takes all method for an creative outlet. I have told people just write before. I have also told people to plot it out. It all depends.

Now everyone let's hug.

Buffysquirrel · 01-17-2013, 08:36 PM

I'm hugging Stacia. She understands me!

Soccer Mom · 01-17-2013, 10:25 PM

And on that note, I think we're done. We all agree, to do whatever works for us. Yes?

01-17-2013, 08:19 PM	#151
Davarian WARNING: INEXPERIENCED BOOK WRITER Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Weatherford, TX Posts: 61	If there's one thing I've learned about rules, guidelines, and advice, it's that NOTHING always applies. Heh, not even the Golden Rule. Not even Newton's Laws. Everything has exceptions That being said, I think "just writing it" is a good idea for your senario simply beacuse you might overthink the whole thing, and then nothin gets done. __________________ WIP- "The Corliss Machine" (Just found the name, still up for decision) 38.4K, about a third of the way through on rough draft.

01-17-2013, 08:36 PM	#154
Buffysquirrel Possibly not a real squirrel Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Coldest corner of the living room, United Kingdom Posts: 4,526	I'm hugging Stacia. She understands me! __________________ Writing from a female point of view seems to be generally regarded as something more like writing from the perspective of a deer: you might get points for novelty, but it'd be impossible to get right, and who really wants to hear a deer narrate a story, anyway? Jennifer duBois Damn the prologue, full speed ahead! Laurie McLean, Foreword Literary

01-17-2013, 10:25 PM	#155
Soccer Mom Crypto-fascist SuperModerator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Under your couch Posts: 18,624	And on that note, I think we're done. We all agree, to do whatever works for us. Yes? __________________ <clickety to see my books Join us for the Absolute Write-in #AWritein Marguerite Says...Microwave Peanut Butter Fudge I also Twitter & Facebook People think I’m disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference ~Luciano Pavarotti

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