Quick Write To Brainstorm Ideas

We are getting closer to the starting line where we draft out our novels.  I’m not sure about you, but I’m starting to get a little nervous.

Before I start to take on this large endeavor, I like to do a quick write to get a taste for the story.

Our stories should be about plotted out.  I don’t want to add too much more to what we already wrote.  A word of warning here: don’t feel like you have to stick 100% to your story.  You will take turns that you didn’t know you wanted to take while you write.  Let it happen, it might make things better than you thought possible.  

Test Your Process With Quick Writes

There’s a big deadline coming up, and one of the things you don’t want to be doing is deciding that you want to change up the way you write.  

I do this pretty often when I start writing.  I’ll start with a certain program or device, and as I’m going I might start trying a different one.

It’s a form of procrastination.  It doesn’t matter if you use pen and paper, if you change pens, or move to a computer, you’re still writing.  

So don’t stop.  

Tonight, I want to test our writing process to make sure that everything is going to work right. Just fire up your favorite word processor (mines Ulysses) or get your pen and paper and prepare to get into it.

Write about something that happened to your character before your story starts. Just a little adventure or moment that the character experiences that can give you a taste of how they react.

I think these little moments that don’t show up in your novel can help you flesh out the character even more than you realized. Plus, having these moments in mind when you write makes the writing feel more lived-in.  

Go through the process like you will be in a few days and make sure that you know how to use the system that you want to use.

Wrap up

Feel free to post your quick write here.  The more eyes you have on a piece before you go the better.  Plus if you start writing now, the creativity muscles will start going.  

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