Both!
All name gathering for people, names for places, ideas that i come up with at midnight or during sleep, maps, major points about plot or characters go down on paper. I have a little book/notepad for each story I write, and they're constantly being filled up. Especially vital for me when I can't choose between a few names, so I write them out in front of me to see (computer just doesn't do it ), fancy scribbles of thought, rough sketches/ideas etc. That's all paper.
Then there's the word documents for the actual story and/or long extracts from somewhere later down the track. I use a special program, like a mind-map online thing that I create with all character profiles, ideas, timelines, about cities or lands or people or religion, etc so I see it all at once.
Also, on computer, I'm never afraid to be descriptive and can go for lengths and use wonderful words.
((A pain in the ass when writing time-limited speeches though.... ))
All name gathering for people, names for places, ideas that i come up with at midnight or during sleep, maps, major points about plot or characters go down on paper. I have a little book/notepad for each story I write, and they're constantly being filled up. Especially vital for me when I can't choose between a few names, so I write them out in front of me to see (computer just doesn't do it ), fancy scribbles of thought, rough sketches/ideas etc. That's all paper.
Then there's the word documents for the actual story and/or long extracts from somewhere later down the track. I use a special program, like a mind-map online thing that I create with all character profiles, ideas, timelines, about cities or lands or people or religion, etc so I see it all at once.
Also, on computer, I'm never afraid to be descriptive and can go for lengths and use wonderful words.
((A pain in the ass when writing time-limited speeches though.... ))
November 16th, 2013 at 04:25am