Disorganized writing.

[icarus]

I know that this is how I wrote Primer to the Dark Arts. The "day after" scene was written first, then the Harry/Ron attic scene, then the opening scenes, then it leapt ahead to the love potion. Chapter nine (of 27) was written last.

I realize that the final chapter of the Beg Me For It series was posted two years before the rest of the story.

Still. It's frustrating to have two scenes of Out Of Bounds written and ready to go, but un-postable because I have all this other stuff in between unwritten -- and what happens? I have this chick Sonja show up (because I'm learning more about skating and now have to deal with certain realities). And it's at least two scenes away from what I need to post next.

The Walls of Jericho spoiled me. Everything in that story was written in order. Largely because I had no outline or clue what was going to happen next. Of course, I write outlines because I write scenes out of order and then have to string it all together.

Also: all ye writers, learn from this. Always, always, always write down those bits of dialogue and scenes that popup right away. Because in addition to this story being completely out of order, I didn't, and now I'm having to scraaaaape my memory for what was once perfectly clear.

I hate everything I've written. But that's how I feel about all writing right now, including stories that I love, so I'm ignoring my feelings as best as I can.

Comments

[amalthia]

I need to start doing this because I get conversations in my head and later when I'm trying to remember what they are it never comes out just like I imagined earlier when I finally sit down to write.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I'm just winging it now with what I have in my notes. I remember with Primer I wrote down the point of my scene ("Ron can't deal with the gay thing with Harry"), then one or two notes I needed to hit ("Ron chases Hermione/avoids Harry"), and then whatever manages to hit those point is good enough.

I think I'm having too much of a "silver box" attitude, as if what I had originally in my mind is better than anything I could write later. Maybe that's not true.

Icarus