Week 3 - MCU Flash Meme Social Post

[dira]

Happily borrowing this idea from our neighbors at starwarsflashmeme, this is your halfway-through-the-prompt-week social post, to bat around ideas, brush up on your fairy tales, or just chat about MCU things with your fellow flashmemers.

This week's prompt is a retelling of a fairy tale, and it runs through Friday--three more days! Are you writing something? Planning something? Have any questions or comments about the flashmeme so far?

Comments

Re: Tips for writing long fics

[starmaki]

That is exactly how I write! I to did struggle to write in a linear fashion. I thought I was writing it wrong if I couldn't start at the beginning and work my way to the end. However, I discovered there is no right or wrong way to write as long as you get results. I read in one of those many 'how to write books' if you hit a section of writing that has you blocked just skip over it and keep going. This really changed my outlook on writing. As long as you are getting the words down you are good. Later, you can go back to that scene that had you stumped and work it out.

So in my example, I tend to leave all the action scenes to last as they take more thought to write out correctly. I just insert 'big fight scene here' then move on. The dialog scenes just rush out of me so they get written out first. Later, like a puzzle, I place all the scenes together in a linear fashion. I do work from a rough outline so to include the major beats of the story. Then write them, mostly out of order, then piece them together.

Many times I write the end before the beginning. As I finish, if the end needs some adjustments to line up with the rest of the story I do that.

I also tend to binge write too. It all flows out in a big rush. Then I am kind of empty for a bit until the next big purge. So a weekly goal would work better for me.

So remember, find what works for you, and go for it!