ext_54182 ([identity profile] clarey-h.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] soulstar 2006-04-25 06:50 pm (UTC)

Re: Writing Pt 2

I'm not sorry I asked at all! Very interesting, as it's nice to see how others approach writing.

And guess what grade I got for A Level English? Yes - D! Spooky!

Right back at you:-

I myself never shone at writing at school (I will have to dig out my old school reports - shocking grades for English!!!), but I always liked reading and spent a lot of time daydreaming and making up stories, to the point where they are like films in my head. I can go to any part and it's like I'm watching it play back - and if I am thinking of writing anything I just let it play out in my mind. Sometimes I can set up things and the thing writes itself. When I write, I have it all planned out in my head, scene for scene (sometimes word for word), and I just write it, as it is on the computer.

I used to think I would never be able to write my stuff down, and for years I didn't want to, because my fantasy worlds were mine for me to play in (I still have loads of original ones that I might turn into books one day). But I forced myself to start writing my stuff down because a lot of things I read annoyed me - I thought I could do better. It's taken my years to get a writing style that is natural, and I'm still working on it.

There you go! I'll have to set up a post where you can ask me anything in return!

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