Past the gate and out of dead lands
south to a promise of time and green fields
shadows walk where their sins are remembered
and eyes in the trees watch them
laying snares to take hold of the passing minds
with wraith calls and haunted visions
drawing them away to become new denizens
of this valley in the mountain’s shadow
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Question for y’all. Do you tend to outline a story before you write it, or do you just start writing and see what happens?
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15 responses to “Going South”
I just start writing, I do the same with my paintings
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Seems like the way to do it. I just checked out your art page–great stuff!
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Thank you!
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I cannot outline. I just write what I want.
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I’m the same way. Just get an idea and run with it, right?
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My stuff would surely be worse off if I attempted to outline, ha ha! I think of it as a tool for academics and journalists.
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That makes sense! You’re right, it would be far more helpful when writing something that requires a more rigid structure.
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I never plan anything when it comes to writing, other than a vague idea of what I might want to share. The discovery of the random process is the satisfaction…
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Seems like the way to go for sure!
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I love to just start writing and see what happens. Outlining stories in school was just torture for me! I just don’t understand how you could plan your writing without letting your imagination play!
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I agree! Allowing each idea to flow into the next, without any prior planning, seems essential to me.
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Really excellent writing.
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I appreciate it, thank you so much (:
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Typically, I just start writing when I have an idea pop into my head. Depending on how long I want the story to be I’ll write notes about where I would like the story to go. However, I find that for me it’s easier to just let the ideas flow and edit them later.
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Keeping notes to track your thoughts seems moe manageable than trying to outline the entire story before it’s written! That’s one thing I’ve never been able to do. I always end up forgetting what I outlined and going in a completely different direction. Cheers (:
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