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<blockquote data-quote="Rodrigo Istalindir" data-source="post: 2052100" data-attributes="member: 2810"><p>For me, there is usually one picture that jumps out right away and says 'This is what the story will be about' Sometimes its obvious (the 'ghoul' presentation in this round), sometimes it's not. The bridge picture in <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1867084" target="_blank">Mind Over Matter</a> last Ceramic DM screamed 'Cold War spies' so loudly I couldn't have written anything else if I'd tried. </p><p></p><p>I generally look at the pictures (and save them to my hard drive) once they are posted, but don't look at them again till I'm actually writing and refer back to make sure there isn't some detail I'm mis-remembering that makes a scene not work. The writing itself has almost always been done in one sitting, straight through. </p><p></p><p>It's getting easier to put words down, too, which is why I love these events. 'Sacrifice' took an eternity, and every sentence felt like it was pulled from my head kicking and screaming. This last story (still untitled -- maybe 'Flesh-Eating Ghouls: A Love Story'?) was four hours, start to finish. (Of course, it also lost, so 'faster' and 'easier' isn't always 'better' <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />). But it flows more naturally, now. I will still write a sentence, backspace over it, and re-write it four or five times, but now its changing the 'how I say it' instead of 'what am I going to say'. </p><p></p><p>The worst part of losing (and I can be an over-competitive SOB) isn't being beaten (cause at least you get a cool story to read), it's having to wait months for the next chance to write.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rodrigo Istalindir, post: 2052100, member: 2810"] For me, there is usually one picture that jumps out right away and says 'This is what the story will be about' Sometimes its obvious (the 'ghoul' presentation in this round), sometimes it's not. The bridge picture in [URL=http://www.enworld.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1867084]Mind Over Matter[/URL] last Ceramic DM screamed 'Cold War spies' so loudly I couldn't have written anything else if I'd tried. I generally look at the pictures (and save them to my hard drive) once they are posted, but don't look at them again till I'm actually writing and refer back to make sure there isn't some detail I'm mis-remembering that makes a scene not work. The writing itself has almost always been done in one sitting, straight through. It's getting easier to put words down, too, which is why I love these events. 'Sacrifice' took an eternity, and every sentence felt like it was pulled from my head kicking and screaming. This last story (still untitled -- maybe 'Flesh-Eating Ghouls: A Love Story'?) was four hours, start to finish. (Of course, it also lost, so 'faster' and 'easier' isn't always 'better' :p). But it flows more naturally, now. I will still write a sentence, backspace over it, and re-write it four or five times, but now its changing the 'how I say it' instead of 'what am I going to say'. The worst part of losing (and I can be an over-competitive SOB) isn't being beaten (cause at least you get a cool story to read), it's having to wait months for the next chance to write. [/QUOTE]
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