how do you do words?

[certainthings]

When you write stories, how do you do it?

Do the characters talk to you and tell you what they want to say and what actions they want to engage in and such.

Or.

Do you force them into situations, tell them what to say and how they're going to say it?

Can you feel the story as you're writing or do you feel it after? Do you feel your story at all?

Tell me all things about how you write, please.

Comments

[alwaysenduphere.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess. Usually I really just have a line or two or an idea and I just let go and write (or really, fight to get words out) but yeah, I'll have a bunch of segments and jump around and then go back and edit it crazy. Or like, a lot of times I'll just end up with scenes with dialogue only and then I'll go back in and write descriptions later, especially if I'm writing in third person. But if it's in second (as my shit often is) it's pretty much just me painstakingly stream of consciousness-ing it and then going back and adding or removing or changing things to make it sound better.