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[serria]

So, I've done a lot of plotting and organization for a story I'm working on, and it's to the point where almost all the scenes are charted and I know everything that is supposed to happen. But when I sit down to write, for some reason, it's a lot harder. I don't even know where to start. I think I honestly write a lot more naturally when I don't have any idea where the story is going to go, and I start at the beginning and see where it goes as I write. Unfortunately, that's a lot harder to do with long novels.

Do you guys tend to have everything plotted out before you write? Do you write from beginning to end, if so, or do you just write whatever scene you feel like writing and put it all together after?

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[jesseszen]

It used to be that I would lay out a chapter scheme with major actions to be accomplished within each but I found it an actual hindrance to creativity and most importantly, the fun of writing.

When I just sit down with a couple of strong characters in my head and just hit the gas then the writing seemed more fresh and as the story moved along on its own different ideas and situations presented themselves - things I wouldn't have foreseen to put into any framework. And it was definitely a lot more fun than trying to fit my writing into a pre-formed skeleton of a story.

Ki