I am always curious about other writers and whether they mostly write stories in order, of if they skip around and write whatever scene they want at a given time!
And also about rambling on the subject of incomplete vs. complete works - what's your ratio, and have you noticed any trends as to what kinds of works fall in each category?
I am a very linear writer, I can only think of a handful of times that I
deliberately wrote a scene out of order (as opposed to relocating a scene
after it was written). I might have the end of the story in my head, but I
don't write it until I actually GET to the end.
I'm pretty good about completing stories. Yeah - there are some incomplete
series in my backlist but I always plan to finish them (hence the New Rule
- no more posting Works in Progress), My WIP folder is surprisingly small
- maybe a half-dozen actual stories (as opposed to notes). The oldest
dates back about six years and I really do intend to finish it. More
complex stories tend to get pushed to the side for a while - historic A/Us,
emotionally complex tales. But I do go back to them. Nothing's ever
really abandoned.
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Date: 2015-08-20 01:54 am (UTC)And also about rambling on the subject of incomplete vs. complete works - what's your ratio, and have you noticed any trends as to what kinds of works fall in each category?
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Date: 2015-08-20 12:15 pm (UTC)I am a very linear writer, I can only think of a handful of times that I deliberately wrote a scene out of order (as opposed to relocating a scene after it was written). I might have the end of the story in my head, but I don't write it until I actually GET to the end.
I'm pretty good about completing stories. Yeah - there are some incomplete series in my backlist but I always plan to finish them (hence the New Rule - no more posting Works in Progress), My WIP folder is surprisingly small - maybe a half-dozen actual stories (as opposed to notes). The oldest dates back about six years and I really do intend to finish it. More complex stories tend to get pushed to the side for a while - historic A/Us, emotionally complex tales. But I do go back to them. Nothing's ever really abandoned.