What Kind of Writing Process Do You Use?

[Tympest]

emikohayashi4912

I usually think of a plot, setting, characters, everything, and then write out random scenarios with the characters in the setting in a random scene in the plot. It's kind of like shooting a movie; I never write my scenes in order. Then, I take my scenes, fit them together in order, and add other scenes in order to make them transition smoothly.

Have you ever run into problems with getting the scenes to match up?  

[Silvia Crow]

At the moment, I'm making characters up as I go. I'm like "I need three new characters" so I'll pull some characteristics out of my a** along with a name for each, then develop the characters as I work.

For example, in the 3rd chapter of the fanfic I'm working on, I introduced Eva McKellon, Jacob Bored, and Renald Pater. At first, they were very basic characters. Eva had dreads and tribal tattoos, Jacob was the big guy with a burn up and down his left arm, and Renald was the young sneaky guy.

In the 4th chapter, I worked on their personalities, making Eva kinda snarky, Jacob being the peacekeeper of the squad, and Renald being a somewhat cynical young man.

Ad for the story itself, I'm kinda making it up as I go =P  

[Tympest]

Silvia Crow

At the moment, I'm making characters up as I go. I'm like "I need three new characters" so I'll pull some characteristics out of my a** along with a name for each, then develop the characters as I work.

For example, in the 3rd chapter of the fanfic I'm working on, I introduced Eva McKellon, Jacob Bored, and Renald Pater. At first, they were very basic characters. Eva had dreads and tribal tattoos, Jacob was the big guy with a burn up and down his left arm, and Renald was the young sneaky guy.

In the 4th chapter, I worked on their personalities, making Eva kinda snarky, Jacob being the peacekeeper of the squad, and Renald being a somewhat cynical young man.

Ad for the story itself, I'm kinda making it up as I go =P

Alright, do you run into any problems when developing characters, like their personalities turning out differently than you'd expected?  

[Silvia Crow]

Tympest

Silvia Crow

At the moment, I'm making characters up as I go. I'm like "I need three new characters" so I'll pull some characteristics out of my a** along with a name for each, then develop the characters as I work.

For example, in the 3rd chapter of the fanfic I'm working on, I introduced Eva McKellon, Jacob Bored, and Renald Pater. At first, they were very basic characters. Eva had dreads and tribal tattoos, Jacob was the big guy with a burn up and down his left arm, and Renald was the young sneaky guy.

In the 4th chapter, I worked on their personalities, making Eva kinda snarky, Jacob being the peacekeeper of the squad, and Renald being a somewhat cynical young man.

Ad for the story itself, I'm kinda making it up as I go =P

Alright, do you run into any problems when developing characters, like their personalities turning out differently than you'd expected?

No, not really. Everyone's running as intended I think. Decided to give a hint that Commissar Mina Fargas has a "thing" for Sergeant Dan Harris, though I had not originally planned this. Spur of the moment thing. Might be fun to drop hints that they may like each other, despite the rank difference and whatnot.  

[Tympest]

Silvia Crow

Tympest

Silvia Crow

At the moment, I'm making characters up as I go. I'm like "I need three new characters" so I'll pull some characteristics out of my a** along with a name for each, then develop the characters as I work.

For example, in the 3rd chapter of the fanfic I'm working on, I introduced Eva McKellon, Jacob Bored, and Renald Pater. At first, they were very basic characters. Eva had dreads and tribal tattoos, Jacob was the big guy with a burn up and down his left arm, and Renald was the young sneaky guy.

In the 4th chapter, I worked on their personalities, making Eva kinda snarky, Jacob being the peacekeeper of the squad, and Renald being a somewhat cynical young man.

Ad for the story itself, I'm kinda making it up as I go =P

Alright, do you run into any problems when developing characters, like their personalities turning out differently than you'd expected?

No, not really. Everyone's running as intended I think. Decided to give a hint that Commissar Mina Fargas has a "thing" for Sergeant Dan Harris, though I had not originally planned this. Spur of the moment thing. Might be fun to drop hints that they may like each other, despite the rank difference and whatnot.

So, what kind of problems (if any) do you run into while writing?  

[Silvia Crow]

Tympest

Silvia Crow

Tympest

Silvia Crow

At the moment, I'm making characters up as I go. I'm like "I need three new characters" so I'll pull some characteristics out of my a** along with a name for each, then develop the characters as I work.

For example, in the 3rd chapter of the fanfic I'm working on, I introduced Eva McKellon, Jacob Bored, and Renald Pater. At first, they were very basic characters. Eva had dreads and tribal tattoos, Jacob was the big guy with a burn up and down his left arm, and Renald was the young sneaky guy.

In the 4th chapter, I worked on their personalities, making Eva kinda snarky, Jacob being the peacekeeper of the squad, and Renald being a somewhat cynical young man.

Ad for the story itself, I'm kinda making it up as I go =P

Alright, do you run into any problems when developing characters, like their personalities turning out differently than you'd expected?

No, not really. Everyone's running as intended I think. Decided to give a hint that Commissar Mina Fargas has a "thing" for Sergeant Dan Harris, though I had not originally planned this. Spur of the moment thing. Might be fun to drop hints that they may like each other, despite the rank difference and whatnot.

So, what kind of problems (if any) do you run into while writing?

Well, at the moment, I'm kinda lacking the urge to continue writing (mostly due to schoolwork), but I'm also slowly hitting a block after the Inquisitor questions Michael. I might cut to the other characters and give them some screen time if I can't think of anything "good".  

[Tympest]

Silvia Crow

Tympest

Silvia Crow

Tympest

Silvia Crow

At the moment, I'm making characters up as I go. I'm like "I need three new characters" so I'll pull some characteristics out of my a** along with a name for each, then develop the characters as I work.

For example, in the 3rd chapter of the fanfic I'm working on, I introduced Eva McKellon, Jacob Bored, and Renald Pater. At first, they were very basic characters. Eva had dreads and tribal tattoos, Jacob was the big guy with a burn up and down his left arm, and Renald was the young sneaky guy.

In the 4th chapter, I worked on their personalities, making Eva kinda snarky, Jacob being the peacekeeper of the squad, and Renald being a somewhat cynical young man.

Ad for the story itself, I'm kinda making it up as I go =P

Alright, do you run into any problems when developing characters, like their personalities turning out differently than you'd expected?

No, not really. Everyone's running as intended I think. Decided to give a hint that Commissar Mina Fargas has a "thing" for Sergeant Dan Harris, though I had not originally planned this. Spur of the moment thing. Might be fun to drop hints that they may like each other, despite the rank difference and whatnot.

So, what kind of problems (if any) do you run into while writing?

Well, at the moment, I'm kinda lacking the urge to continue writing (mostly due to schoolwork), but I'm also slowly hitting a block after the Inquisitor questions Michael. I might cut to the other characters and give them some screen time if I can't think of anything "good".

Ouch, I know that feeling. Right now I'm writing the world in lieu of writing the story.  

[eve_of_illusions]

For me, it's probably easiest just to write out a rough sketch of what is going to happen, beginning-middle-end, and then have at it. It can vary depending on my mood. Sometimes I start off from the middle and continue towards the end and possibly write the beginning later. xd  

[Tympest]

eve_of_illusions

For me, it's probably easiest just to write out a rough sketch of what is going to happen, beginning-middle-end, and then have at it. It can vary depending on my mood. Sometimes I start off from the middle and continue towards the end and possibly write the beginning later. xd

Do you ever hit problems with making the beginning sync up with what you already wrote?