Lines playing out better in your head?

[Zukiechi]

I always, always feel those moments where I think and plan for three or four hours, coming up with great lines; but anytime I put into perspective on paper — or documents per se, — it would either fall flat from what I envisioned or descried it to be, really. Other than simply writing everything and anything that comes to mind on notes the moment it pops up, are there any workarounds to this? I don't want the quality of some lines, or messages I want to give just be for naught and felt undelivered or less desirable. The only things I did think about as ways are talking to friends and brainstorming the ideas, but some of those lines and stuff just comes naturally even at the most random of times, y'know.

Love to know what you think!

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Yes.

 

[Clori]

You really cannot rely on your own memory consistently unfortunately. So many ideas fly away even if you're actively trying to keep it in your head.

That's why people recommend the rewrite process. Certainly you'll land lines at a sudden moment and they're amazing, but rewriting is putting potentially good lines and constantly improving them, rather than relying on those moments of genius. If you don't want to record those perfect lines you come up with suddenly, I can only suggest rewriting and keeping older drafts/attempts on through different sessions, so that you'll always be trying different ideas until it sticks.

I don't mean a total rewrite per say, but redoing lines/sections of areas that you think can be improved on until it conveniently lands on those strokes of genius.

 

[RepresentingCaution]

Edit. Think about it in the shower. Edit. Think about it while you cook dinner. Edit. Think about it while you are taking a walk. Edit. Think about it while you are breastfeeding your baby. Sit down at computer. Hear Baby cry. Get up and see what Baby needs. Realise you haven't showered in a week. Shower. Breastfeed the baby. Cook the easiest dinner you can think of. Breastfeed the baby. Sleep. Wake up to breastfeed the baby. Sleep. Wake up to breastfeed the baby. Sleep. Wake up to breastfeed the baby. Sleep. Wake up to breastfeed the baby. Sleep. Wake up to breastfeed the baby. Sleep. Wake up to breastfeed the baby. Sleep. Wake up to breastfeed the baby. Sleep. Wake up to breastfeed the baby. Change Baby's diaper. Make breakfast. Cut fruit into bite-sized pieces for Baby. Watch Baby spit out fruit. Breastfeed the baby. Put Baby down for a nap. Go back to computer. Open forum and get distracted.

 

[LunaSoltaer]

There's that adage about a writer carrying a moleskin notebook everywhere for precisely the reason of capturing moments of inspiraiton

 

[Kitsura]

Too many to count. Most lines are too melodramatic and fit poorly unless you build around them heavily.

Here is a line from my most recent project though that I loved.

"Kiyoko pressed her ear to the ice and heard thousands of skaters on it. The sounds of Chopin, Bach, and Mozart mixing into a crescendo, the sounds of hopes and dreams being made and crushed, and she wept."

 

[Andrew_Udell]

It happens all the time. I think of something beautiful in my head, try to write it down, and it just comes up as wandering, scribbled non-sense.

I've come to prefer thinking about interesting concepts and subjects while away from the keyboard and only considering about style and clarity of my sentence when I actually write.

Something about that division makes things a little easier. It's not a hard rule, but I mostly follow it.