Chu
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:43 am
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| Do you usually take on long writing projects or short ones? How are you about following through on those long-lasting ones?
I usually do short projects, although they're frequently unfinished. I just want to throw an idea out there while it's still in my head. After I write it down, I rarely go back to it.
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Whimsy
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 7:50 pm
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| I'm the same, Chu. I do better with short term projects than long term ones, even though I rarely complete any of my projects, I make more progress with smaller projects. For my long term projects I spend too much time planning them out, and not enough time actually writing them. I burn out really quickly after the planning stage and have nothing to show for all my work. :U
I tend to start things too, jotting ideas down, and never coming back to them too. As of right now I have about four novel length ideas with a start(ish) for all of them, but I've made no progress on them over the years.
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Chu
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:01 pm
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| Yeeeeep. The funny thing is I don't burn out quickly... I just spend SO much time planning that I still don't make it out of the planning period. xD And I put a lot of thought in symbols and themes on top of the story and character development... These are the reasons that I stopped writing, haha.
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Sly
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 12:33 am
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| I usually undertake longer projects, myself. I'm not so great with the following through or finishing of said projects, though. I think this is mostly because I spend a lot of time planning and working things out, that and I'm a perfectionist about writing. I d(o spend a lot of time on developing characters though, and if I like the character(s) in a story I'm writing, I'll be more likely to work on the story for longer periods of time.
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Sharm
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 1:31 pm
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| All my ideas need a long format to explore properly. If I do end up with a short idea, it's usually a depressing one and I don't like to write depressing stories.
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Chu
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 1:41 pm
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| Huh, my short stories tend to be happier than my long ones. Long projects usually end with a message of "life sucks and there's nothing you can do about it" whereas the short ones sound more like "life sucks and there's nothing you can do about it - but at least you can try."
It's not much better though.
Maybe the long stories are sadder because I struggle through them for so long, I feel like the characters don't deserve to be happy. xP
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Sharm
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 3:43 pm
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| I use reading and writing as a escape or vacation from my life so it's important for me to have it be happy and fun. It doesn't work as a catharsis for me. Sounds like it is for you though.
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Revolushion
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Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 11:10 pm
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| I have so many long-winded ideas, but none of them have been finished... I can't stick on any one idea for long enough before another one pops into my head. Out of the hundreds, perhaps even getting into the 1,000's of pieces I have written, I probably only have about... I would estimate 20-30 pieces completed. Max. I hate it, honestly. I really want to finish something one of these days.
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Juneberry
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Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 11:43 pm
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| I usually take on a mix. I prefer long-lasting projects on the one hand, but for some reason, it's hard for me to finish them. I get part-way through, and reread what I have to make sure I'm not making any mistakes or altering things that already happened...And I hate what I read, delete what I have and start from scratch. So it NEVER finishes. Well, almost never. I've written something mildly long in the past. It was a long time ago, though, and looking back on it I hate it. But it also depends on the type of writing. I do better with script-writing sometimes with long projects than prose.
With short projects, I do still have issues sometimes, but not as many. In my case, I just don't like projects with a length cap or anything like that, because I always get fussy about how it's written and don't want to confine it to much. But if I don't think that way, then I can handle short stories sometimes comparatively. Depending on what it's about, and what the characters are like.
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Asterus
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Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 6:39 pm
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| Due to me being, well, me, I can really only do short projects. I tried writing related poems for three days and ended up having to scrap that after day 2. My mind simply doesn't focus on one thing that long XD
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Malverne
Writer
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Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 9:46 pm
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| I always start long projects, but they rarely, if ever, get finished. I just feel like I need the space to properly show my characters, and the things that I expected to happen rarely do...
I dunno, I feel like I can explore more with longer projects. Although right now my main focus is long (32k words and still going strong) but it's made up of a bunch of shorter vingettes (totally spelled that wrong but whatevs) that are just little glimpses into the whole picture, and I like to think it's making sense. I'm certainly enjoying writing in the different style.
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stazzy
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Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:25 pm
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| My short stories always turn out better than the long ones, probably because none of my long stories ever get finished...
But it's definitely fun to write a few chapters, I especially liked naming the chapters! It kind of felt like a series of short stories with the same characters, because I switch PoV per chapter.
I tend to write quick, intense stories that last about 4 pages, but I've been trying to work on a novel...
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superbinka
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Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 3:09 am
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| I'm an optimist when it comes to long projects. I've been working on The Novel for about three years now but what it's about keeps changing and I haven't got anywhere with it. One day it will be published...
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