Fandom Snowflake Challenge 8
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cmk418Challenge #8
Talk about your creative process.
I'm generally a pantser. I rarely plan for many of the things I write because most of them are under 500 words and can be written as soon as I have a prompt and character or fandom matched up. During NaNo most of the planning I do involves writing down character and place names with short descriptions and keeping them in a separate folder that I can consult when I forget the name of the main character's niece. I might do a sketch outline for the first few scenes just to get the ball rolling when November 1 rolls around.
I don't do a lot of world-building because I come to writing from a screenwriting background which means being very bare-bones on the description of characters, settings, and actions. I do tend to write dialogue-heavy stories because dialogue is where I'm strongest. Action scenes or love scenes are things I'm trying to get better at but still haven't mastered. I usually have a visual of the character in my head when I write, but I rarely put that to paper.
I journal in the morning in a plain spiral bound notebook that I stock up on during the back-to-school sales in August. The other writing usually is done on my laptop in my bedroom. I can write while listening to music or a hockey game or in complete silence.
If I'm writing a novel as I've attempted every November since 2009, I write using the Comic Sans font. It's easier to read and for some reason, makes the writing go faster.
Talk about your creative process.
I'm generally a pantser. I rarely plan for many of the things I write because most of them are under 500 words and can be written as soon as I have a prompt and character or fandom matched up. During NaNo most of the planning I do involves writing down character and place names with short descriptions and keeping them in a separate folder that I can consult when I forget the name of the main character's niece. I might do a sketch outline for the first few scenes just to get the ball rolling when November 1 rolls around.
I don't do a lot of world-building because I come to writing from a screenwriting background which means being very bare-bones on the description of characters, settings, and actions. I do tend to write dialogue-heavy stories because dialogue is where I'm strongest. Action scenes or love scenes are things I'm trying to get better at but still haven't mastered. I usually have a visual of the character in my head when I write, but I rarely put that to paper.
I journal in the morning in a plain spiral bound notebook that I stock up on during the back-to-school sales in August. The other writing usually is done on my laptop in my bedroom. I can write while listening to music or a hockey game or in complete silence.
If I'm writing a novel as I've attempted every November since 2009, I write using the Comic Sans font. It's easier to read and for some reason, makes the writing go faster.
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Date: 2026-01-16 11:13 am (UTC)Me too! I have to use Verdana for writing, for some reason. Otherwise it doesn't feel like it's 'mine'. As if I were handwriting but the letters came out unlike my usual scrawl.
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Date: 2026-01-16 08:40 pm (UTC)As much as I've always wanted to write a fantasy novel, world building is a lot of work. Which is somethign that was driven home when I was doing a re-read (via audio) of The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams. It's so slooooow in the beginning because there is so much that has to be set up before Simon and Binibik can go off adventuring.
Keep practicing the action and love scenes! I'm not much good at either myself, but it's the only way.
That's interesting that you have a specific font you use. I stick with Calibri because it's what I use for everything. But Comic Sans really is easy to read and it's fun, so maybe that's why it goes faster?
Very interesting post. :)