I'm sorta writing a book..

[Neoma]

I started it but I have no clue what it's going to be about. Is that a bad thing, to let my subconscious take control?

[Oeditpus Rex]

1. No

The best stuff writes itself.

Vonnegut once wrote about a short story he started, "It insisted on being a very unfriendly story. So I stopped writing it."

[Neoma]

3. I feel bad.

I haven't read anything by Kurt Vonnegut yet.

[hfojvt]

7. the story about heaven?

with his dad's underpants draped on Hitler's head?

[Neoma]

10. Never heard of it...

:dunce:

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. That might've been it

He mentioned it in the foreword to "Slaughterhouse Five."

[Neoma]

17. I watched that movie.

:)

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. Good, good

It's very true to the book — except you don't understand "So it goes" from seeing the film.

[Floogeldy]

2. No.

Freeforming is a good avenue to creativity. But, after that, you need to shore it up, tighten it up, develop the characters, plot and sub-plots. Organize and polish it real good and you'll have a best seller.

BTW, it is always best to alter your state of mind during the freeforming stage. ;)

[Neoma]

5. Eating sugar always alters my state of mind.

I get all hyper.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. No........

That is the best way to write a book, or anything!

You need some ideas about what the subject should be......

That's how I do it, anyhow.....

My best stuff just comes out of me......it's as though I were just the conduit for it......

It is amazing!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

[Neoma]

6. I feel like the problem is..

That I haven't read enough in my life to make up a story, i'm not what you'd call social ether. So most human behavior is alien to me.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. I would not consider that a barrier......

Write what you know.....that is the best advice I can give you!

:hi:

[LiberalHeart]

13. Lots of writers aren't social...

...or, when they are, it's another self they present -- not the one they are when alone.

What would be the point of writing a book if you're simply following an outline? There's no surprise for you in that approach, and isn't that why you write -- to discover things you didn't know were in you? Of course, if you're writing non-fiction my response would be different.

I have published several books and have three friends who are widely published. None of us ever plotted out our books in advance.

[Neoma]

18. Thank you for that.

I'm not ever going to write non-fiction anyways.

[NanceGreggs]

9. Once saw an interview of Michael Ondaajte ...

... ("The English Patient", "Skin of the Lion") and he was asked if he had his plots all figured out before he started a book.

"Oh, no," he said. "If I knew how the story was going to end, there'd be no fun in telling it."

He said he liked to 'discover' his characters and where they were going, just the same way the reader would.

[Neoma]

12. Thanks.

That's nice to know.

[Broken_Hero]

11. Good luck...:) nt

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

14. Ha! It's the whole point of Nanowrimo

http://www.nanowrimo.org/

[Neoma]

16. I have a account there.

I forgot what you're supposed to do there though.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

19. Just write a 200 page novel entirely within the month of November.

No plot? No problem.

[Neoma]

21. Eh.

I'm writing off my computer, I have no fucking idea how many pages are going to be in it. Though I may get the printer and figure it all out that way, though i'd rather have a damn tree farm before I waste paper like that.