What does it feel like when writing?

[MakBow]

Can you tell me what's going through your head when you are writing your novels?

When I write mine, the image of everything just plays in my head, like I'm watching an anime with peak animation quality and voice acting. I edit and fine tune everything after.

What's it like for you?

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Usually have some scenes appear but mostly I just "hear" the dialogue (part of why my descriptions are sometimes lacking) and get a sensory summary of the action sequences as I'm composing them, almost as if they already happened.

 

[foxes]

I edit and fine tune everything after.

Тhis process takes up approximately 99% of the writing time. At some point, you have to force yourself to come up with scenes that don't come naturally, but are essential for the plot.

 

[MakBow]

Тhis process takes up approximately 99% of the writing time. At some point, you have to force yourself to come up with scenes that don't come naturally, but are essential for the plot.

I don't really need to force myself actually. My fingers add most of the scenes and when I edit for grammar, I occasionally add things that didn't come in the first draft and even before I post it, I look it over and add things. So, each chapter goes through 2 look overs & changes

 

[Nevafrost]

I daydream more than actually writing. Me, sitting on the producer's chair. All the actors pulling off all the dialogues perfectly. Also, I'm sitting in front of a crowd, talking about how I became such a great author. (I'm currently 352 words in)

 

[ConansWitchBaby]

I have random blocks of premade sentences floating around and when one fits I add in more context so it can flow. Recent example:

The loli in me loves it now. Took a while but the grooming worked. She's still a bratty writer that needs some extracurricular guidance on occassion.

That is, first sentence is confirmation with the thread and a main point discussed in it. The ___ in me (central to the question asked using what has already been discussed in other responses) loves it now->confirmation to the idea (loves is a stronger use to not only meme but give thought as what was asked).

Second sentence: Took a while (that it's not easy and takes some time; basic response to a question asking for methodology) but the grooming worked (not only participating with the other posters but confirmation of previous assertion that conditioning works).

Third sentence: She (continued declaration of the now core of the post identity)'s (that the issue still lingers) a bratty writer (meta-analysis that required a bit more thought into it; requiring knowledge of the loli concept being described and the subdivided mesugaki archetype) that needs some extracurricular guidance on occasion (that even after a conditioning period to get better at writing, the mind wanders and does need to be reigned in. A continuous process and shouldn't be a reason to become discouraged.).

Simply put tl;dr: Confirmation by acknowledging thread and those already discussing. Followed by a basic response that can be used for anything but edited for context. Shitpost that confirms what my own post declared.

 

[foxes]

I don't really need to force myself actually. My fingers add most of the scenes and when I edit for grammar, I occasionally add things that didn't come in the first draft and even before I post it, I look it over and add things. So, each chapter goes through 2 look overs & changes

In practice, I've found that this approach only helps you write a rough draft. After that, you have to refine many poorly thought-out elements. This involves removing excessive exposure, рianos in the bushes, inconsistencies, logic, and so on. As a result, you have to rethink the structure of the story itself. Therefore, it's not always easy to imagine the scenes that require such refinement. You may need to rewrite them multiple times.

 

[Tetrahedron]

Inspiring.

Half joking aside, I can imagine scenes that feels grand and at the same time emotional almost all the time.

 

[Eldoria]

An author is like a painter who stands (or sits) for hours observing the natural scenery and then paints it on a white sheet of paper. The difference is that the natural scenery is transformed into an imaginative scene in the mind.

 

[LiteraryWho]

Somewhat like having the teeth sawed out of my skull.

Oh, you meant like that. Oh, I dunno, I just think stuff, and then write it down.

 

[L1aei]

Can you tell me what's going through your head when you are writing your novels?

When I write mine, the image of everything just plays in my head, like I'm watching an anime with peak animation quality and voice acting. I edit and fine tune everything after.

What's it like for you?

I stop being... bored? That's hard for me to phrase without it sounding insincere. I mean it though. I have fun writing, even if it is not my writing and I am editing someone else's work; after informing them of my intent, of course. I'm no thief.

 

[Racosharko]

Everything is tuned out, there is no concept of sound or time. Just the blank page in front of me. Just scene in my mind playing out on repeat over and over with variation in every loop and when it becomes words on a page it solidifies and I move to the next beat/scene.

 

[Wamba2K]

Can you tell me what's going through your head when you are writing your novels?

When I write mine, the image of everything just plays in my head, like I'm watching an anime with peak animation quality and voice acting. I edit and fine tune everything after.

What's it like for you?

I usually picture my scenes as movies. What does it sound like/look like, and what does it feel like? Then I struggle to find the words to make those mental images into sentences. Dialogue is the same. I just think about how characters would interact and sort of let it flow in my head. It's ually usually meandering, and I always have to edit it down in 'post.'

Edited because typo.

 

[Nekyo]

I do operate in a similar sense where I picture the story going as if it were an Anime or a Manga, I picture the reactions and art styles of my characters, the epic panels, though when we get to a fight scene. I step into the set as if I was a director with the characters being actors. I picture how the setting is looking, see the objects and make the fight creative where they move around the place and interact with the environment.

My main drawback though is that I'm so visual, I usually don't account for the other senses most of the time.