I love Ext. 2 - because i am writing about something that i am so passionate about. Composing my major work is one of my most enjoyable subjects that i do.
Ext. 1 is interesting and I love the texts we have to do in crime fiction - The Big Sleep is hillarious and The Skull Beneath the Skin...
I used names in a different lanaguage that linked to my stories. My names are in Gaelic, Galieage and this Scottish Celtic dialect...Interesting....
NAMES ARE THE BEST BIT - Creating characters is half the fun...
i dont believe you have to wirte a "first draft" all in one go.
I write the opening and then different parts of the middle bits when I get sick of the opening and then refine them and piece them together and it seems to create one good story! I think you get stale staying on the one thing all...
Thanks guys that really helped!
You will be glad to know that my story has taken a new angle after sitting down and writing a few 'streams of conciousness' (spell? Ahh....my brain is gone walkies again!!!!).
Dont know whether your interested or not but my story(ies) is based in Ireland and...
what do you do when you get 'writers block'? I just stare at the screen and cant quite work out where to go with my story or how to take a different angle or perspective.
How do ppl come up with these 'different angle' stories and ideas? Help before I drop dead and cry!
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