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Post by Resha Caner on Nov 8, 2009 0:17:36 GMT -5
I'm a bit (just a bit) obsessive/compulsive. So, for me it's the opposite. Once I get going, I'd lose my job and starve to death before I quit writing. It's the getting started that's hard for me.
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Post by metalikhan on Nov 8, 2009 0:50:02 GMT -5
I'm a bit (just a bit) obsessive/compulsive. So, for me it's the opposite. Once I get going, I'd lose my job and starve to death before I quit writing. It's the getting started that's hard for me. I can't quit writing either. I've usually got more than one story going at any given time. But if a scene in one drains me, I go to another story for a while. Like, if there's a really intense confrontation in one story, I may skip over to humor or poetry or a different world in progress (WIP?) for a day or two before resuming the first one. Does that make sense? On the other hand, if my eyes start hurting from looking at the monitor, it's time to get off the computer altogether. Good thing pens and paper aren't totally obsolete!  |
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Post by waldenwriter on Nov 8, 2009 1:09:22 GMT -5
Ah, the Christian comic book market...definitely a place than needs more good offerings. While I'm not a comic reader, just about my whole circle of friends read them, and they all throw up their hands in despair over the lack of choices in comics. It's picking up a little. Christian companies are seeing how well manga is selling in the U.S. This has resulted in the graphic novel series Serenity (touted as the "first Christian manga") and Tomo as well as The Manga Bible. The Christian comic series that I've read -- all of PowerMark and a little of Archangels: The Saga, besides the two graphic novel series above -- aren't too bad. Actually, PowerMark is sci-fi, so it'd be right up our alley. (Not to mention it contains the most creative use of virtual reality I've ever seen, even more than the virtual reality/Whack-a-Mole/Guitar Hero game in the Teen Titans movie). But I agree, the small amount of Christian comics compared to the huge amount of secular ones is somewhat alarming. Even the "Spirituality in Comics" panel I went to at Comic-Con this year only had one Christian on it (there would've been two, since Buzz Dixon, the guy behind Serenity, was supposed to be on it, but he wasn't able to make the panel, though he was at the con somewhere). I'm not sure what inspired me to try to write superhero comics, though I was reading quite a bit of manga at the time. I'd definitely seen the first X-Men movie around then too, since Lightning Girl had the "school and haven for superheroes" and "superhero mentor" elements of X-Men. The second Lightning Girl comic, entitled "Lightning Girl 2: Chaos of the Light and the Dark," was apocalyptic in nature and was based heavily on the Norse legend of Ragnarok (it also got its subtitle from the translated subtitle of a Japanese Sailor Moon episode). I would've gone on with these stories, but I realized I couldn't draw the comic art (I'm not a good artist) and also worried about magic-phobic Christians (this was before I read Harry Potter and stopped worrying about that so much) and being too derivative of X-Men. Realizing this, I tried to novelize the first comic several times, without success. |
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Post by Grace Bridges on Nov 12, 2009 23:21:28 GMT -5
For me the story comes out when it's good and ready, whether it's developed or not ... I have to strike while the iron is hot and pour out the words as long as they are willing to come. Because after that "first crush" on the story passes by, it's just hard work until it's finished. Just once I finished a first draft within the heat of that inspiration. A very messy one, yeah...
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Post by Kristen on Dec 3, 2009 12:29:54 GMT -5
After writing a particularly intense scene, sometimes I feel a bit drained and need to step away from that particular story for a day or two before going back to it. It's like I need to settle or recharge my battery or something. I didn't have exactly this experience, but something like it. The first version of my book that Jeff read had a fight scene that went something like "they fought for several minutes and then she got knocked out." He said that was unacceptable -- something that pivotal to the plot couldn't be gotten over with in a couple of sentences. So I had to re-write the whole scene, blow by blow. Like pulling teeth. I'd write a few sentences, get up, pace, write a few more -- worst time I've ever had writing. And I was exhausted when I was done. I didn't need a day's break from the story, but I did need to put my feet up and have a cuppa. |
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Post by journeyman on Dec 5, 2009 12:33:26 GMT -5
It depends. For a short story, it's usually been perhaps a day or two of mulling over the scene. I don't like to start writing unless I've done some serious plotting, otherwise I will bog down in the middle somewhere. It takes longer for a novel, usually a week or two. Sometimes I find the that back story suggests a prequel to what I really want to write. If that's intriguing enough, then I'll go for the earlier story.
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