Sage advice from the great Stephen King!!
http://www.openculture.com/2014/03/stephen-kings-top-20-rules-for-writers.html
http://www.openculture.com/2014/03/stephen-kings-top-20-rules-for-writers.html
One of the romance authors I know does this with all her sex scenes. She writes "Insert kinky stuff here" and goes back to add them all in later. LOL!!I also once read him say that when you're writing, if you can't remember something, then just stick some placeholder in there and look it up later. I do this, usually with an all-caps BLAH BLAH so that I can search for the placeholders later.
I also once read him say that when you're writing, if you can't remember something, then just stick some placeholder in there and look it up later. I do this, usually with an all-caps BLAH BLAH so that I can search for the placeholders later.
Sage advice from the great Stephen King!!
http://www.openculture.com/2014/03/stephen-kings-top-20-rules-for-writers.html
Star Trek did this as they developed the script, before the tech experts added in their "technobabble."
LAFORGE: "It looks like you have a [technobabble] problem."
I would do this for insignificant details — things I would have to go find but which would not have any bearing on the progression of the plot, so that I could keep my energy devoted to the flame of the scene, so I didn't lose it.
"The funeral pyre would have to be attended for [time], by the peasants the reeve had gathered."
"The night was cool and blustery, the [phase] moon low in the sky behind fleeting clouds."
Yes 1408, you were confused. You want rockstar. The career path you were looking for is rockstar. I actually stumbled into this myself, confusing writer with evil overlord."Writing isn’t about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid or making friends."
Aight guys, I'm out. Looks like I was heading down the wrong career path!
(Thanks for posting these. I always find them interesting to read!)
Wait wait wait. You mean, this isn't rockstar or evil overlord?! Um, I think I'm in the wrong place.Yes 1408, you were confused. You want rockstar. The career path you were looking for is rockstar. I actually stumbled into this myself, confusing writer with evil overlord.
We might as well stick around, Nicole; they have cake. The world will manage without our rule for a bit.
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You can have both, just be sure to get a tray!
You can have both, just be sure to get a tray!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!So you mean, all I ever had to do to write a novel was "[insert novel here]" ?? Silly me, and I wasted time writing 97,000 words! Thanks Emurelda.![]()
That's it! Hehe!!So you mean, all I ever had to do to write a novel was "[insert novel here]" ?? Silly me, and I wasted time writing 97,000 words! Thanks Emurelda.![]()