Fic progress

[valis2]

As usual, time restraints sharpen my swords, and the ginormous bloated thing I wasn't certain about writing for Snupin has revealed itself to have a simple, tripartate structure at its core that is making me jump for joy. Huzzah!

The daydreaming stage (the longest part of me writing anything) is at its end.

My ratio seems to be 4 parts daydreaming, 1 part writing, for just about anything.

What about you guys? What's your daydream-to-writing ratio?

Comments

[schemingreader.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking about this yesterday, stuck on my commute with no notebook.

I tend to write something very different than what I daydreamed. I'm not sure the daydreaming even counts toward my goal of writing. I keep hoping I'm incubating something, but in the end I do most of the actual creation right there in front of the keyboard. If I draft things in writing, I still wind up doing some more of the work while actually typing in the words.

But it's pleasurable to daydream.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's so interesting, how the daydreams often morph into something else! I completely agree. Sometimes they turn into something close; other times, they take a 180.

I agree, though, the actual process is in front of the computer. My notes will provide the skeleton, but the words will provide the flesh.