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Posted By: jodyjuice03 Sep 13, 2004 - 08:10 pm

Writing is fun. I know that. You know it, or you wouldn't be writing. But jeez!!!! its hard!!! As my story comes along, I find myself stopping at certain events or scenes. There are just SO many ways that a scene could play out.

I'll write a scene one day, then I'll think up at least three more ways for the scene to play out. Does that happen to you?

Even when I'm reading a story. I read a battle, or even an ending and I can think up a bunch of ways the it could've went.

When I read Lord of the Rings (when Frodo, Sam, and Gollum were at the Crack of Doom, and...well, I don't wanna spoil the ending), I thought of at least 4 different ways that the ring could have been destroyed.

I just sometimes find it hard to decide on something and stick with it.

Or it could be about anything.

Names of characters, cities, weapons etc......

Does this happen to you?

Posted By: Queen Ehlana Sep 13, 2004 - 10:17 pm

Yes, indeed... But I keep thinking that if I can't use it in the first story, I'll use it later. Sometimes I spend so much time trying to perfect something that I forget what else I was going to write. That's when it really sucks.

Posted By: Magus Sep 14, 2004 - 10:25 am

Yes, it happens to me sometimes. Mostly its on what idea to write, I have so many its sometimes hard to choose. Once I get into it I find that I can stick with it though. Sometimes it needs to be forced and done quickly enough to get through a troubling scene or part of your story. Other times it needs to be expanded and dragged out. The important thing is to keep writing though, there's always time to expand, edit and revise.

Posted By: ricke Sep 17, 2004 - 11:42 am

and why are you indicisive about my writing?

you haven't even *read* my writing!

Posted By: Neurolanis Sep 17, 2004 - 07:21 pm

The rough draft can be a real breeze for me; it's the editing\rewriting that's really hard for me! I mean it's fun, but hard. Each line. Each paragraph. Each page. Each chapter. Each part. The overall novel...all these factors come under my critical eye and I trim and cut, dress up and dress down, rephrase or rethink. There are certain words I really overuse, like in battle scenes: "cut down", "stab", and "slash". If you use those words in every moment of conflict it creates a problem, and you must work it out. Knowing HOW to replace them is the tuff part!

Posted By: Gnollslayer Sep 18, 2004 - 01:03 am

I don't think I used "cut down" or "stab" once in any of my battles, but slash is in my current book about fifteen times, which is more than I'd like. I think I might overuse "charge" and "repulse."