This story was nicely orchestrated. I love that you ended it with a very defined hopeful outlook 😁 As far as my process, no matter the length, I have to know my ending. Even if that ending is open to the reader's interpretation, I have to know that. I won't start writing otherwise.
I used to write with a rigid plan, sometimes even an outline for short stories, articles, essays, etc. but soon learned the story’s gonna go where the story wants to go. I’m just the conduit. Idea flows to pen flows to paper.
Loved this one! So much conveyed in so little time. For my shorts I always go in blind and let the story take me where it will. I haven't written very many longer things, but I do like to have an ending in mind when tackling something longer.
A very big story on a very small page. You did it again, Justin, and you make it look so easy. But I know it is not easy. My fiction always starts with a character and a name - often from a photo. I never have any idea who they are or where they will go or what they want from me. They reveal themselves word by word. I always hope that at the end there will be a point, because so much in life seems to have no point at all. Sharron at LEAVES
Beautifully stated. Agreed, you can only guide a story so far and for so long before it takes its own course. I think that’s the power and pure magic of writing!
I try to let the characters write the story for me. Sometimes I think " Bob is going to jail" and while I'm writing Bob finds a way to avoid jail
Thank you for the read and glimpse at love. It's good to reaffirm forgiveness! I write without an end planned, the imagination has more fun this way!
I always start writing with an outline and an ending, but sometimes the characters’ journey surprises me and I end up drifting from the original plan.
This story was nicely orchestrated. I love that you ended it with a very defined hopeful outlook 😁 As far as my process, no matter the length, I have to know my ending. Even if that ending is open to the reader's interpretation, I have to know that. I won't start writing otherwise.
I used to write with a rigid plan, sometimes even an outline for short stories, articles, essays, etc. but soon learned the story’s gonna go where the story wants to go. I’m just the conduit. Idea flows to pen flows to paper.
Loved this one! So much conveyed in so little time. For my shorts I always go in blind and let the story take me where it will. I haven't written very many longer things, but I do like to have an ending in mind when tackling something longer.
A very big story on a very small page. You did it again, Justin, and you make it look so easy. But I know it is not easy. My fiction always starts with a character and a name - often from a photo. I never have any idea who they are or where they will go or what they want from me. They reveal themselves word by word. I always hope that at the end there will be a point, because so much in life seems to have no point at all. Sharron at LEAVES
Beautifully stated. Agreed, you can only guide a story so far and for so long before it takes its own course. I think that’s the power and pure magic of writing!