Writing Habits

[Juno]

Hahahahaha.... I just made the mouse gay =]

[Jack]

Writing for me is about getting the images in my head on paper. When I'm in "the zone", it's just me keeping up with the movie playing in my imagination, and trying to describe it as best I can.

I do enjoy planning and stuff, because I like using symbolism and fleshing out characters.

[Jesper]

I guess I have the habit of not really seeking to improve. I always just assume that I have, and I'll continue to do so. I guess I just don't know how to apply people's advice to my own writing. <.< It always seems that when someone says "When I write, I always try to..." it's always a completely different case than mine. Not exactly a habit. More a flaw, I guess.

As far as actual habits go, I don't really have one. I've written in every room of my house and outside; alone and in crowds. I guess I just sit down and write.

[Super Buu]

There's no 'right' way of writing. If you're happy with what you're doing, keep doing it. I'm just always looking for ways to make stuff better, as you know =P That's why I practice spontaneous writing (which tends to be good for sagas and the like) and then more planned writing (which comes in most handy when I'm making the plot myself, ie personal roleplays). And there's different methods for each ... uh ... method.

[Kazuya]

guess im like, 30% planner, the rest is whatever the hell comes out in Word. Music also helps alot in mulling out ideas.

[Lucifer]

I just...write.

Yay sanity.

[Super Buu]

I can certainly see the connection between an awareness of your writing methods and insanity.

[Shun]

I prefer solitude and absolute darkness. For some reason I feel as if I then become the character, after that the character describes to me what he sees, what he wants to do and I just type it down. Haven't been able to do that for a while though, don't have my own room anymore and the darkest room belongs to a four yr old (handprints on the walls, etc). So as of recent I type a good portion on my phone as I'm walking the dogs or doing laundry, then i transfer it to word and add on/edit.

[Juno]

guess im like, 30% planner, the rest is whatever the hell comes out in Word. Music also helps alot in mulling out ideas.

Laura, which one is the name of the male personality and which one is the real name? I can't tell.

[Shun]

I'd like to add that from what I've read you guys have some interesting habits. Its cool to see how different they can be. I might even try to make changes to mine, I think I feel inspiration coming along. lol

[Super Buu]

Oh, and I also have the no noise/people distracting me thing. I can't write when there's conversations going on around me, or music in another room. Good thing I always wear headphones at the computer.

Oh, and for music recently I've started using the Death Note soundtrack. It's just one of the best scores ever, and has a tune for almost every scene. I've been using Rem's theme for the 'aftermath' part of Rose's intro.

[Orion]

The thing that motivates me the most about writing is having a good idea planned. Even though real life junk screwed it up, I was really excited about writing PCIII's storyline because I was so happy with it. It doesn't have to be terribly indepth though, but I need to have a character, a starting point, and an end goal. Having that sort of framework means that I'll also be more inclined to think about writing because I'm still creating the storyline as I go about my daily life. Just today, I've extended the personal story I'm doing with Sykes while I was driving between jobs. I've had the basic idea down, and it's starting to take on a life of it's own. That really makes me want to write.

Conversely, having little to no idea about where I'm going tends to sap my desire to write.

Music is a great motivator too. The last post I wrote in Of all the asteroids in all the universe... was greatly inspired by Explosion in the Sky's album The World Is Not A Cold Dead Place. It helped set me in a frame of mind that I thought was ideal for what I was trying to write.

[Jonathan Meer]

On the subject of music, I use Rachmaninov almost exclusively.

[Super Buu]

Now I regret chasing Will away from the thread =(

[Jesper]

It's not necessarily something I write down, but when I think of the context of my next post (or part of the story for writings outside of these sites) I think of tiny parts of the story that I can add. Y'know, small ideas that I think would be hilarious or awesome. I take those ideas, paste them together with context (and/or filler) and come out with a post.

EDIT: Kind of contradicts what I said initially. Just realized that I do it.

[Super Buu]

I think most people do that, just on a lesser or larger scale. For example, I do that, but with a storyline as a whole instead of a post. I won't know how the whole thing is going to play out, or come together, but maybe at some point, I want Rose to encounter this dude who is like "bro, bro" and I want there to be an island filled with cannibal turtles. As to how they're actually going to come together ... well, that generally becomes clearer the further into the story I get.