tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post4491828994221680814..comments2023-09-29T15:38:34.435+05:30Comments on rooted: Writing style memegautami tripathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-69944636209756254332008-08-23T06:40:00.000+05:302008-08-23T06:40:00.000+05:30Interesting! I, too, call it done when I finish. N...Interesting! I, too, call it done when I finish. Not much for re-writing. Enjoyed this post!Tumblewords:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-57540294688035141002008-08-23T04:14:00.000+05:302008-08-23T04:14:00.000+05:30excellent questions g...1. both... like you i writ...excellent questions g...<BR/><BR/>1. both... like you i write about anything, especially like to learn abt subjects i know nothing abt and write...<BR/>2. writing notebooks. try not to write on pieces of paper that drift into space...<BR/>3. hmm. i have no idea who the character is.. as a beginning writer i have no discipline or plan... it happens as it evolves until then it's smoke. then i try to detail specific ideas/action/characters. prefer short, short stories. don't get lost... <A HREF="http://readwritepoem.org/2008/08/14/read-write-with-red-ravine-what%e2%80%99s-in-front-of-you/" REL="nofollow">ReadWritePoem</A> had some great ideas abt writing that i am now trying to put into action.<BR/>4. oh my gosh, it's an itch that i gotta scratch... sometimes i'll almost be asleep and then somewhere between asleep and awake there comes an idea... like you, no matter what... though it is not easy...<BR/>5. hmmm, short bursts, otherwise i get too loaded with thoughts and can't make a sensible sentence for nothing.<BR/>6. anytime... morning is calming, refreshed... evening, quiet, thoughts linger after a full day, put them into words/story/poem.<BR/>7.music is heaven..cafe, it is mostly jotting ideas... at home on my front porch under a tree...at my kitchen table looking out the window... windows are a biggee for me..<BR/>8.longhand mostly, sometimes computer...<BR/>9. starting to branch out to tiny short stories have yet to get past page 1... and i never know abt the end till i get there...<BR/>10. no...<BR/>11. edit/revision... sometimes the story/poem flies upon creation... others cross outs, edits galore..<BR/><BR/>thank you g,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-6170975328117224772008-08-22T02:44:00.000+05:302008-08-22T02:44:00.000+05:30I hate editing/revising too :) I mean, I love to e...I hate editing/revising too :) I mean, I love to edit other people's work, but not my own. I feel like I need an editor to do that.<BR/><BR/>And you weren't as late as some other people... like me O:)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487739742081226423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-81413924939739319822008-08-22T01:33:00.000+05:302008-08-22T01:33:00.000+05:30I love to edit; it's my favorite part! I admire th...I love to edit; it's my favorite part! I admire those who can write fiction -- I think I'm plotless! Very interesting to get to know you through your post!Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-76333813064520637152008-08-21T23:32:00.000+05:302008-08-21T23:32:00.000+05:30I envy you being able to write in the midst of noi...I envy you being able to write in the midst of noise and distractions - I'm too easily distracted, I guess :) <BR/><BR/>And yes, I'm all for "going with the flow."Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623887166087444590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-61350652457321065772008-08-21T21:16:00.000+05:302008-08-21T21:16:00.000+05:30Editing is my downfall too. I write for fun so wh...Editing is my downfall too. I write for fun so when I make mistakes it becomes funny and I learn from them.Daily Panichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06179183072566661932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-86507055400229820762008-08-21T20:45:00.000+05:302008-08-21T20:45:00.000+05:30pjd, I understand what you write here. What I mean...pjd, I understand what you write here. What I meant was, I do not give my characters a background as that would detract one away from short stories rather than attracting them. Characterisation is important, be it for a novel or short stories.gautami tripathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-11333631184090514512008-08-21T20:37:00.000+05:302008-08-21T20:37:00.000+05:30As I write short pieces of fiction, I don't really...<I>As I write short pieces of fiction, I don't really need to develop my characters.</I><BR/><BR/>In a creative writing class many years ago in college, the professor made a distinction between novels and fiction: A novel develops character, but a short story reveals character.<BR/><BR/>What's difficult about short fiction, I think, is that the characters have to be just as complete and complex as in a novel. But you have to reveal them all at once through the single episode. If your characters aren't complete and complex in short fiction, you end up with cliched, cardboard stories.PJDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05028687955957107957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-58633381870931694302008-08-21T14:26:00.000+05:302008-08-21T14:26:00.000+05:30Like you, I very rarely edit. Over the years I've ...Like you, I very rarely edit. Over the years I've learnt to get it as good as it's going to get first time.anthonynorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06680944720744601697noreply@blogger.com