Comments on: Five Ways to Write Faster http://www.dailywritingtips.com/five-ways-to-write-faster/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:06:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nick http://www.dailywritingtips.com/five-ways-to-write-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-392517 Nick Sun, 30 Oct 2011 03:04:19 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=487#comment-392517 Also, this is a great blog post for me to get in the right mindset for NaNoWriMo! Also, this is a great blog post for me to get in the right mindset for NaNoWriMo!

]]> By: Nick http://www.dailywritingtips.com/five-ways-to-write-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-392516 Nick Sun, 30 Oct 2011 03:03:41 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=487#comment-392516 I'm going to agree with my fellow Nick on his point about structure and organization before you get to the page. People say they don't like structure because they want to write by the seat of their pants, and be creatively free. Well, if you plan a whole lot, you are still able to make creative changes on the fly, but now it all moves your plot forward, and doesn't leave a huge mess of a first draft. You need to plan your structure ahead. As Larry Brooks asked 'pantsers': "how many successful novels have you actually written that way?" I’m going to agree with my fellow Nick on his point about structure and organization before you get to the page. People say they don’t like structure because they want to write by the seat of their pants, and be creatively free. Well, if you plan a whole lot, you are still able to make creative changes on the fly, but now it all moves your plot forward, and doesn’t leave a huge mess of a first draft. You need to plan your structure ahead. As Larry Brooks asked ‘pantsers’: “how many successful novels have you actually written that way?”

]]> By: S.E. Gordon http://www.dailywritingtips.com/five-ways-to-write-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-389603 S.E. Gordon Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:15:41 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=487#comment-389603 Hard to believe that it's already been ~3 years since the last comment was posted; still, this information is invaluable. I'd also like to add that you should be constantly learning. In studying Georges Simenon (one of the most prolific novelists of the 20th century), I realized he was in a constant research cycle, culling together facts that later appeared in his work. Most of his novels followed a very loose outline (to put it mildly), and relied on free-association to fill in the blanks. Studying the processes of prolific authors also isn't a bad place to start. Hard to believe that it’s already been ~3 years since the last comment was posted; still, this information is invaluable.

I’d also like to add that you should be constantly learning. In studying Georges Simenon (one of the most prolific novelists of the 20th century), I realized he was in a constant research cycle, culling together facts that later appeared in his work. Most of his novels followed a very loose outline (to put it mildly), and relied on free-association to fill in the blanks.

Studying the processes of prolific authors also isn’t a bad place to start.

]]> By: Nick http://www.dailywritingtips.com/five-ways-to-write-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-52086 Nick Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:31:37 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=487#comment-52086 I agree with all of these points. Susceptibility to distractions is a huge problem for most writers. And in my experience the second big issue is a lack of structure and preparation before we start writing. When you know what you are going to say, elements by element, and then free your environment of distractions, it's a lot easier to write faster, and better. I agree with all of these points. Susceptibility to distractions is a huge problem for most writers. And in my experience the second big issue is a lack of structure and preparation before we start writing. When you know what you are going to say, elements by element, and then free your environment of distractions, it’s a lot easier to write faster, and better.

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