For years I didn't have a chance to write anything down, ever at all, so stories lived only in my head. I'd work them out, long complicated ones, and tell myself bits at a time. Because they were only in my head, and therefore only for me, I could play endlessly with certain scenes. And yet, that wasn't all I did; I'd also advance the plot... and some stories I'd abandon--even though I wasn't writing them down, so technically there was nothing to abandon--because I was dissatisfied with elements of plot or theme.
It was a real joy to be able to start writing stories down again, although I was super rusty.
Anyway, I do most of my plotting in my head, as a consequence of that habit from before. Sometimes I'll make notes in the document about things I want to remember to do in what's coming up, but that's all. Still, it's all subject to change.
I love reading about other people's methods, even if I don't adopt them. I like eneit's dossiers--they sound fun.
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For years I didn't have a chance to write anything down, ever at all, so stories lived only in my head. I'd work them out, long complicated ones, and tell myself bits at a time. Because they were only in my head, and therefore only for me, I could play endlessly with certain scenes. And yet, that wasn't all I did; I'd also advance the plot... and some stories I'd abandon--even though I wasn't writing them down, so technically there was nothing to abandon--because I was dissatisfied with elements of plot or theme.
It was a real joy to be able to start writing stories down again, although I was super rusty.
Anyway, I do most of my plotting in my head, as a consequence of that habit from before. Sometimes I'll make notes in the document about things I want to remember to do in what's coming up, but that's all. Still, it's all subject to change.
I love reading about other people's methods, even if I don't adopt them. I like