Do you prefer to Read, Write, or Plot stories? Why?

[ElijahRyne]

Read = reading
Writing = the process of writing down the story, whether you planned it or not.
Plotting = Coming up with ideas, conflicts, power systems, relationships characters, etc. for the story.

I did not think that having these three by themselves would be fair so I made combinations…

 

[CupcakeNinja]

Read = reading
Writing = the process of writing down the story, whether you planned it or not.
Plotting = Coming up with ideas, conflicts, power systems, relationships characters, etc. for the story.

I did not think that having these three by themselves would be fair so I made combinations…

As someone who mainly writes comedy, i enjoy the actual writing portion better. You don't ever really plan out comedy. They just come to you as you write. Sure, you may plan some events that are funny. But the paragraph to paragraph comedy? The lines? The quips? Insults, comebacks? Those you don't plan out. Those you just have to come up with on the spot, more often than not.

 

[Jemini]

Read = reading
Writing = the process of writing down the story, whether you planned it or not.
Plotting = Coming up with ideas, conflicts, power systems, relationships characters, etc. for the story.

I did not think that having these three by themselves would be fair so I made combinations…

Well, I think you screwed up this poll to be honest with you. It is confusing, but I think most of the issue is that you chose to use the term "plotting," which makes it easy to confuse with the "Plotter Vs. Pantser" dynamic. If you do not have a way to make your options distinct from that, then it really becomes unintelligible what you're really trying to ask here.

I would make the terms reading, writing, and conceptualizing. Conceptualizing would be coming up with the ideas, but not writing them down. Don't use the term "plotting," because plotting is part of writing.

 

[gaylolis]

reading all the way, it takes the least effort and have the most return.

finding ones that suit me can be a pain though. that's how i started to write stuff when i got too bored, i guess.

 

[EternalSunset0]

Plotting. I like visualizing some key scenes in my head.

 

[BenJepheneT]

where the fuck is all of the above? why is that a combination must include reading? i barely do any reading. most of my inspiration comes from songs and movies. the last time I touched a book was a month ago, and that was a harem ecchi manga scanlation I dropped after two chapters.

 

[PhillisCreziles]

Writing and Plotting simply because when I plot reality can be whatever I want! Then when I am writing, I can pull that reality onto the page with flourishing and ridiculous details.

 

[BlackKnightX]

Read = reading
Writing = the process of writing down the story, whether you planned it or not.
Plotting = Coming up with ideas, conflicts, power systems, relationships characters, etc. for the story.

I did not think that having these three by themselves would be fair so I made combinations…

I love all three. Reading is my habit. Can’t live without it. Every time I read, it’s like I’m being transported to another world and experience things as someone else. Escapism, if you would.

Writing is fun. I get to create my own world, characters, and situations. I get to create everything that I like to read or experience. Wish-fulfillment, if you would.

Plotting is the tricky one. I don’t really plot things in detail. So, instead of calling it a plotting, I like to call it daydreaming, instead. I just visualize the scene in my head like watching a movie. Or some time, just fast-run the whole events in my head.

To summarize; escapism, wish-fulfillment, and daydreaming. All three are very important to me.

 

[ASHARA]

As someone who mainly writes comedy, i enjoy the actual writing portion better. You don't ever really plan out comedy. They just come to you as you write. Sure, you may plan some events that are funny. But the paragraph to paragraph comedy? The lines? The quips? Insults, comebacks? Those you don't plan out. Those you just have to come up with on the spot, more often than not.

Yup comedy just comes to you most of the time. You can think of a certain joke or situation to include but still everything mostly comes to you as you write.

 

[Echimera]

I'm not a writer, but I know I'd not be good at it. I'm somewhat decent with big picture plotting, or I'd like to believe that at least. But I am abysmal when it comes to forming an actually readable text out of it.
I wanted to try my hand at DMing and got something that I think could have been the start of a really nice campaign storyline. Once it came to preparing the actual sessions, the concrete locations, characters and events, I just drew blanks and/or ran in circles.

It's not even limited to fiction. I struggled to get my masters thesis to read like a proper text at times and some parts could still just as much have been bullet points.

I like reading a lot and have grown fond of listening to audiobooks too.

 

[Anon_Y_Mousse]

Tbh, I love plotting (or as Jemini pointed out "conceptualizing") parts of my story. I mean my current story is basically already plotted out from the current arc to the end, minus some minor details. I even decided to dump some of the lore I had during my hiatus(wait, I'm still in one?)