Question me

[louiselux]

I'm in a navel gazing sort of mood and would like to talk about writing. Does anyone have any questions about any of my stories, or would be interested in a fic commentary? Or maybe a question about my writing techniques, such as they are?

Please feel free to ask anything - I'll try and answer as best I can.

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[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

*pounces on the opportunity!*

Can I go right back to basics?

I don't know how to write; GCSE English was pretty basic really. And I have all these ideas in my head, backing up like a blocked toilet, and no idea how to do them justice! "Just write" doesn't help, because it feels like being told "just draw" - and results ar so much better when you know the general rules for sketching and composition and detail.

So. How do *you* go about turning an idea into a story? Whatever you do works beautifully well :) What's the framework you use? Do you have an idea of what goes into each part before you start, or just a vague outline in ur hed, makin u cakl?

Or, in a less egocentric frame of mind, what sets the tone of a story? Do you decide ahead of writing that, for example Ne me quitte pas is going to be really, *really* intense and the-good-sort-of-painful, or was that an effect of the subject matter? Does humour insert itself regardless of your plans?

< / nosey > (for now...)

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Good questions! I'll answer this tomorrow when I can spend some proper time on it.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

et voila!

http://louiselux.livejournal.com/448299.html