Cause Everybody's Doing It

[lls_mutant]

I'm swiping this question from... well... everyone. ::Shrugs::

Ask me one question - any one - about my writing, then post this in your LJ so I can satisfy my curiosity about yours.

We'll see.

In other news, Accidentally In Love 5 is coming along slowly. ::Sigh:: the good news is the reason for that is partly a one-shot of Remus's bite and fall-out from Remus's parents POV. We shall see. Monday off will help immensely, I suspect.

Lame entry, I know. But hey, such is life.

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[momebie.livejournal.com]

Because I'm always interested in the process of other people...

How do you write? Anything? Do you think about it and sort of collect the info in your head? Do you write impulsively and possessedly and then edit it later? That's probably pretty nosy of me, but I think it's fascinating.

Also, mind if I friend you? <3's fellow Immeritans. :p

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

Don't mind if you friend me at all :)

I tend to have the info collect in my head. I've tried outlining before, but I find I rarely actually stick to the outline. If it's something really long I'll take notes, but usually the ideas just come into my head and I see where it goes.

As far as impulsively and possessively, it depends on the story. Azkaban's Tango and certain chapters of DTF I've written like that. Other times it takes me forever, or I need to go back and edit to go on with the fic. Sort of regain my momentum.

The one habit I can't decide if it's good or bad is that I tend to write scenes long before I'm ready for them. For example, I have the scene of James confronting Sirius about his and Remus's relationship written already. The good thing is I wrote it when it occurred to me, and I'm really, really happy with it. The bad thing is that if I change anything, it might change the entire scene, and I hate that.