The novel that is writing itsself

clotje · Feb 23, 2005

Hiya guys,
I have finished my first thriller and started on the second one but after this weekend I had to start on another book. It wouldn't leave me alone, the characters kept shouting to be let out....
Today I have written about 5.000 words :Trophy:

which isn't bad since I'm at work (and should really be working instead of writing

) but I can't help it...I'm obsessed by this book, have to finish it. I'm in some sort of zone, can't type fast enough to get the story out. Would love to pull an all-nighter but have a job interview tomorrow so that's a no no.
Do you guys have had the same experience?
I was on a roll with my first book but it was nothing like this experience.
Am I turning into the crazy, single, cat loving writer that little kids are afraid of?!?!?!

Azure Skye · Feb 23, 2005

I envy you. That sounds like great news.

CACTUSWENDY · Feb 23, 2005

but after this
Am I turning into the crazy, single, cat loving writer that little kids are afraid of?!?!?![/QUOTE]

:Jump:

...........AND THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE YOU AWAY....HO HO....THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE YOU AWAY...HEY HEY.......HO HO....HEY HEY.....ETC....ETC....

ENJOY THE ROLL YOU'RE ON BUT BE SURE TO KEEP THE DAY JOB.....(wink)

ZaZ · Feb 23, 2005

Can I borrow some of your vibe?
I've got nothing.
There are no characters in my head and the only plot I have is, "Hey, happy hour starts in an hour!"
Must...find...moti..vation.

triceretops · Feb 23, 2005

That's called the white hot light of inspiration. Had it for three years and knocked out 10 novels, then collapsed in a heap. It's a good thing--the characters demand life, liberty and the pursuit of....wait a minute! I wish I had that now.

You must be under 35 years old. Such is the energy that you are exhibiting, wot? For some reason you're in a creativity peak. Keep on climbing and don't look back or down!

Triceratops

clotje · Feb 23, 2005

triceretops said:
That's called the white hot light of inspiration. Had it for three years and knocked out 10 novels, then collapsed in a heap. It's a good thing--the characters demand life, liberty and the pursuit of....wait a minute! I wish I had that now.

You must be under 35 years old. Such is the energy that you are exhibiting, wot? For some reason you're in a creativity peak. Keep on climbing and don't look back or down!

Triceratops

Under forty...38 to be precise.
Don't know what brought that enery on either...I think I found my muse

Here kitty kitty, here kitty....

I can see them.....They're coming to take me away, hi hi ho ho haha :roll:

triceretops · Feb 23, 2005

Hey Clo

Well, I knew it. I was most productive from 35--38, and that's just when I started really getting into print (first sales), matter of fact, all my sales! I even asked some very famous writers about the prime age for seeing publication--they said from 35 years on. Whoa, I took that to mean the majority, because of course, there are exceptions. Those writers, by the way were Poul Anderson and Robert Boch. Maybe they knew something I didn't.

Tri

SheliaRudesill · Feb 23, 2005

I didn't start writing until I was almost 53 and that was 8 years ago! I've written almost 3 novels (104,000 to 109,000 words for the first two respectively and going strong on the third.) I love my characters because they have minds of their own. I sit to type and my characters do something totally opposite from what I'd had in mind for them. It's like magic! I love this creative process! I've never had writer's block or lack of enthusiasm. Too bad I have a day job to interrupt my creativity!

mistri · Feb 23, 2005

That's great. I normally write in dribs and drabs over the course of a day/evening, but it feels lovely whenever (however rarely) I get a burst of writing energy and really get to focus on it.

Mistook · Feb 23, 2005

Wow, I was on a roll like that for about two weeks straight, and then long about last Wednesday I just smashed right into a brick wall, and I've been trying to break through it ever since.

The thing is, I was actually brought to this brick wall by two of my second string characters who decided to prance off together for a romantic adventure in the park. They really seemed to want to do that at the time, but now that I want to open a new chapter by looking in on them, they won't cooperate with me at all.

I guess maybe they want their privacy.

:Shrug:

kdfrawg · Feb 23, 2005

That's always the way it works for me. Once I have the perfect scene, the right troublesome situation and problem(s), and a protagonist, it's pretty much automatic. Yes, you still have to do all of the writing, but the characters do all the real work. That's why I consider myself a craftsman and not an artist.

The perfect setup can happen at any time. Usually they are not perfect when they appear. I run them as background tasks, sort of on automatic pilot. Sometimes they never reappear. Other times the alarm goes off and the complete set-up appears in perfect kit form.

It is sometimes months between perfect novel kits. So I write other things. This topic was quite timely, however. I have had three setups appear in three days, and have thus begun three novels in three days.

I'm going to be busy for a while.

black winged fighter · Feb 23, 2005

kdfrawg said:
I have had three setups appear in three days, and have thus begun three novels in three days.

I'm going to be busy for a while.

I do that, too. If ideas present themselves, I get them down as fast as I can. If not...
But a flood of writing sounds excellent - I wish I had that energy right now. I do feel, however, I would get more writing accomplished if my day life would get out of the way. Oh well.
Good luck on the writing!

maestrowork · Feb 23, 2005

Don't you love it when that happens?

That's what makes writing fun. Not the hours and hours of plotting and blocking and dodging...

arkady · Feb 24, 2005

clotje said:
...Today I have written about 5.000 words which isn't bad since I'm at work (and should really be working instead of writing ) but I can't help it...!

You do that too? I wonder how many of us here are guilty of writing during working hours.

The novel that is writing itsself

clotje

Azure Skye

Huh?

CACTUSWENDY

An old, sappy, and happy one.

ZaZ

triceretops

clotje

triceretops

SheliaRudesill

mistri

Sneezy Member

Mistook

Neverending WIP

kdfrawg

black winged fighter

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maestrowork

Fear the Death Ray

arkady