Wow, some people really take long to make chapters.
I wanna try make a fanfic before the end of the summer holidays in september so I cant wait that long for each chapter...
I used to make chapters
very quickly. Like, one a day at the fastest. I would go on obsessive writing sprees when I got hooked and they would last for days if not weeks. However, now I'm a little more calm about my writing. My chapters remain about the same length, but I just don't work as fast as I used to. Now I need more inspiration to get me started on my chapters again; sometimes I just have cases of terrible writer's block, and on most occasions I simply don't feel like writing at all.
But I wouldn't worry too much about rushing yourself. My philosphy is: if you feel like writing, write. If not, do something else for a while and maybe you will. At least, if I were to rush my writing (and it has happened before, which led to the abandonment of my fic, "Bonds"), the fic would quickly grow just as rushed as I am, and the plot would simply deteriorate. So, I tend to take my time.
Matt11 said:
do write straight from ur head or do u make little notes on a piece of paper or have a big plan on ur computer? Stuff like that?
Sometimes, for long and important fics, I type up a huge list in bullet-format listing all the major events and things I plan to include. I also often make lists and descriptions of the characters, what happens to them, and petty much make a whole setup for the story and save it to my "Pokemon Fanfiction" folder in my Documents. Of course, I still sometimes add more things I never even thought of when I made my plannings (which is fun), or later based on the outcome of the story so far will scrap past ideas, but a general plan on how to work everything out helps a lot and keeps me from getting any serious writer's block issues.
Matt11 said:
How do u think of new ideas then, like new plot-twists etc?
Mine are ususally generated randomly, at completely unexpected times. If I like an idea, I mentally build and elaborate on it until I can decide whether it can or can't be applied to the fic. Then I might add it to my "master-plan".
Also, reading other fics helps inspire me to work on my own. I won't steal an idea, but certain concepts and my own perceptions of them can be manipulated to fit my work, and then I proceed with the "mentally build and elaborate" step as I described before. That or just reading well-written fics makes me want to write mine just as well. XP
Matt11 said:
How do you write your fanfic?
Do you write it on paper and then put it on your computer, or do you write it straight on your PC?
I
never write a fic on paper. Ever. It's way too slow and tiring for me compared to a possible 80+ words-per-minute when I'm hooked to my story. Paper is also easilly loosable, wheras a fic posted on a site or two, saved to its own folder on more than one computer, and backed up on a USB-storage device is simply not. Besides, I have better things to do with paper, like draw. :laugh: