When you write?

Question

Do you create what you're writing "perfectly" in your mind before putting it on paper, or do you write it out and switch things up as you go?

I have a hard time making changes once I've written something on paper...

Answer 1

I am a very fast typist, and I write whatever flows from my head, whilst keeping a certain sense of rhythm to what I am doing.  Sometimes that works out pretty good and I only have to make slight adjustments to ensure syllable counts are in harmony.

Other times the result is absolute c**p and I have to start hacking the thing to pieces and almost re-write the whole thing.

I have to say the ones I don't have to mess with seem to be better than the ones I slave over.

I agree though.  I have been looking at poems I wrote years ago, and I can see how they can be improved.  But when I do so, the old line is still there in my mind interfering with my judgement.

Answer 2

I write it out and switch things up as I go.

Answer 3

I find that sometimes if you're having trouble with a block or something it is easier to just get all your thoughts out there on the page and then get them into some order. That way you can see what you're working with and then make it perfect. Personally if I try and make it perfect in my head I would sit there all day and not get it on the page! Good luck

Answer 4

You have a hard time changing things because you are a personnel writer. When I write usually I have an idea after the first line. I write poems and I let the first line be me and emotions. Then I sculpt each line after it one at a time keep the previous in mind.

Poems:

The state of expressive living

Emotions and Thoughts forth giving

Not all in Future or All in Past

But Elegance comes Not at all Fast

First one way then the next

Confusing but never to perplex

-Me

With Peace

Answer 5

I'm pretty random when it comes to my writing. There has only been one time when i was in a perfect mindset to write and it came out wonderful.

Yeah i agree when its on paper it doesnt matter if it makes sense i just dont know how to change whats already on there or im afraid to make the change, your not alone on that one.

Answer 6

some says something and i take that word or group of words and follow my heart and it will lead me to a great poem on paper.

Answer 7

I have them in my mind but,

it never comes out on paper

....the tings that are in my mind.

And yes I change

and change

and change

until that is what I want to say.

An sometimes that is not

what I wanted to say at all!

nfd♥

Answer 8

when it comes into my mind i then have to race to get it on paper or i will forget it. the worse thing is I'm normally in the shower "Whats that about?"

i put down every thought in my head regardless of what order its in or whether it makes sense or not. Once i got it down i then start construction.

I dont mind swapping around till I'm happy. Then i walk away and come back to it some hours or maybe even a couple of days later, if I'm still happy then i post it.

Answer 9

I just write things down and then look at them. Most of my best sentences are from this form of writing. With word processors, its easy to edit later on. If you find it hard to initially write something this way, list ten nouns associated with what you want to write about, and then write what comes into your mind when you think of them. It soon gets you going!

Answer 10

P.G.Wodehouse and Agatha Christie -- one envisaged the complete plot before beginning to write a line; the other just wrote randomly and then organised the jottings. Both were immensely successful. I fall somewhere in the middle. The writer in the end is a God to his characters and his readers must accept that creation, no matter what. Your main job is this: just write.