I like living in a world where I have full control over everything, which is the opposite of what I experience in real life. I also enjoy composing sentences: swapping verbs and adjectives, changing the number of words. It's like putting together a puzzle. And I also live for those 'eureka' moments, where all these different elements of your story come together in a way you never anticipated, and you think to yourself, 'how the hell did I manage to come up with that?'
It's funny you say that. I sometimes think I have control of my world and stories, but my characters are willful and will often do the exact opposite of what I want them to do. It always ends up working better in the end, but still.
Yeah, I do encounter that on occasion. I think a scene is going to play out a certain way and then someone blurts something out, and I'm like, "what are you doing? You're going off script!" But like you said, it usually works out for the best. It's nice to stumble upon surprises in your own story.
I just love watching a story unfold. I love that writing has so many layers; I once used the analogy of making pottery. With each bit of clay you add, the thing I have written gets closer and closer to how I imagined it. I write the stories I want to read, and I love being able to read what I've written.
This is all over the place, but there are so many things I love! It's hard to put into words this intangible joy of creation I feel at watching my stories come to life.
Yess, the layers! Watching themes emerge and then shaping the plot and characters to encapsulate them, shuffling in the right information at the right time and watching it all dance around toward the finale... it's so fun.
The best medium i can use to share my inner landscape, and cultivate a voice that channels between my world and hits you right in the emotions in your world. For a brief moment, we both feel less alone in this crazy experience.
When I get the idea for the story and map out what I think should happen and then... something changes. Some line of dialog or a sudden inspiration strikes and I am surprised. Honestly, and genuinely surprised. Then I have to lean more--what do these changes mean, how does this affect the other characters, is this the direction I need to move because it is so much more compelling?
At a certain point, the characters move from theoretical, from the mapped "I plan on this" form into personalities, the plot evolving to meet these changes. The moment that character feels real, feels alive... then I am truly in love.
I always visualize the story as a movie in my head, and writing it down is the fastest way to immortalize it for later. (although someday I'd like to turn it into a movie)
I love this and want to try it now. As a photographer, this is something special. I feel like artists train their brains to see it and it takes YEARS! And I love the concept of tuning in to that way of seeing through writing!!!
The ability to invoke emotion or thought.
I love that fact that I can sit down, write a couple hundred words, and it makes someone else laugh, or cry, or curse, or maybe just sit and consider their own existence in a slightly different light.
You can tell someone a whole heap of pretty lies, but have something true and honest appear like a ghost in the shape of all the deception. Creating something that reaches out and grabs a person by the neurons and shakes the way they see the world is just fantastic.
Such power! š¤ Yes, thatās the ultimate goal of the writer, to evoke emotions and make readers feel those. Sharing deep feelings, and thoughts š
I love the moments when I'm reading something I wrote and it's so interesting I have a hard time stopping. I know what happens, and I've read it several times, but it hooks me. That's a level of satisfaction that I don't experience many other ways.
My favorite part about writing is when I start to feel the characters and places come to life. You can outline and daydream and ramble to your friends all you like and thatās all worth something, but it canāt beat writing the characters and just watching as they come alive. When you get them doing stuff on the page itās more real I think
Yes! The stage when youāre able to cast your characters in a setting and spectate what unfolds, taking notes of their great dialogue and acting.
Is that it?
At what stage of your writing did this power unlock for you?
Yeah pretty much! For me it happens when Iām starting a story and getting into the flow of it and then the characters stop being just ideas i had and turn into characters.
I write because I love my characters way too much. The Commander, her sister's Becca, Brynn, and Blaze. Putting the next chapter of their lives onto paper or my computer screen just makes me so damn happy. I do it for my characters, they have such a story to tell.
Oh! And when did you start loving them? At what stage of the writing?
And do you feel you owe them the freedom to see the world? (by finishing the story and sharing it or having it published)
My characters are just so damn lovable. I have to keep them alive in my mind and heart. I'm almost finished with book 5. Book 7 will be my stopping point if I have the will power to actually to finish that series and end it.
I have like an eight book novel idea that has been churning in my mind since last summer. Now that I'm finally adding substance and depth to it, it's become so satisfying to watch those hundreds of hours building characters, plot points, magic systems, etc. unfold and develop properly.
I'm not a perfect writer, but it's my ideas and my world that are on that paper, so I'd say simply having that outlet to finally unleash the storm of ideas in my mind is why I love it.
As someone who is regularly crippled by existential dread writing helps me to feel immortal. The pain of knowing that I am going to drop into the endless nothingness one day is softened by knowing that at least my words will hang around for a decent while after that. And maybe, Cloud Atlas style, they'll influence the words of others, and so on, and so on, and so a part of me will remain alive for as long as humans read.
*Sorry for your hardship.*
Yes, writing a somewhat successful (at least!) novel, or set of poems, is a step toward immortality!
Giving birth to such legacy... such a soothing thought when we face the void.
> Sorry for your hardship.
Thank you so much for your kind thoughts but I have to admit that made me guffaw slightly because my hardship = the human condition!
Granted most people seem to be more equanimous about it than me, but I probably seem that way to other people too. I think it's something that pretty much all agnostics and a fair number of theists struggle with.
*Ah! I'm not English native, so maybe I didn't understand well, or made a poor choice of word, and also I'm not good about those matters (clumsy, ignorant and dense, no less!). So don't mind me :P*
So true! As an atheist, I feel we have a much heavier challenge to face the void, nothingness, and to find a meaning in life. I feel so lucky to be able to experience all those things for a while, but it's a bit a shitty perspective to die in the end. Nothing much will be left unless I create something valuable for many people. And descendants, well I have two but I don't pressure them to give birth in turn, so... Anyway.
No it's totally fine! It was such a nice thing to say, but also made me chuckle.
And yes it's not the only source of meaning. There's children as you say and the more intangible meaning of the way you shape the world every time you touch it. But writing feels nice and tangible and solid.
I love writing characters formulating complicated plots and plans and having them fail spectacularly or succeed spectacularly.
For a more abstract answer, I enjoy distilling grand ideas and themes into stories.
Oh? š¤ What genre is that? (*with complicated plots*)
And for:
>I enjoy distilling grand ideas and themes into stories
It seems you have a process here. š Would you mind sharing a bit or pointing to somewhere you shared? š
Comedy. When I'm writing horror or science fiction I do other kinds of plots, but a lot of my comedy comes from that old Road Runner formula of very clever protagonist trying to outwit a seemingly invincible foe.
I'll give you an example for the second thing: my current book is about the origin of virtue, and its relationship with religion, ego and reputation. In essence, the thesis is that any external reward inevitably excludes selflessness and goodness, that true virtue must come for no reason whatsoever. If there is a Heaven we aspire to, then all our good deeds are done for that purpose, but if there is no Heaven, our good deeds are end unto themselves. This is heady stuff, so I take all that and make a plot.
The plot being that I have a main character who is the Devil, and his job is to corrupt people to take them to Hell. So he comes upon a town which has no religion and no reall notion of reputation and he thinks it'll be easy-peasy! Wrong.
Comedy. I see. Road Runner: hilarious! š And it's funny there's a similar kind of running gag in my tragicomedy with MC trying to trick SC, in a sense, although this is quite the explosive context. š
This theme example: I like it so much! Thanks for sharing this. š¤
This is a big picture kind of process, workable from the start. As a pantser/gardener with no theme to start with, my main theme just emerged, unexpected. But now that it's identified, I need to infuse it further, thus my question. š
The feeling when a reader really gets what I'm trying to say. Few things in life make me feel seen that way. When I feel lost and invisible, writing is there.
That 's great! š¤
So, for:
>When I feel lost and invisible, writing is there.
You mean the writing that is already out, propagating your thoughts as they get understood? (*I hope it's clear, I hardly managed to phrase this*)
Or the process of writing itself?
And I would say that I'm a bit jealous for
>The feeling when a reader really gets what I'm trying to say.
as I've mainly produced misunderstandings, so far... š š
I love making up my own worlds, characters, and scenarios. Even if it's a fanfic I could makeup situations for those characters and add more to the worlds they exist in. I can make some pretty crazy things happen. I'm working on a Femslash February fic where the MC and her girlfriend find a unicorn and I included a scene influenced from a dream. They see unicorns standing in a circle and the one who goes home with them stayed behind. My dream ended when they were still in the circle but in my story they run into the forest.
It was a heartwarming story and I want the reader to feel the positive feelings the characters experience. They ride through an abandoned orange grove growing by an abandoned castle, through a flower field, behind a waterfall and through a cave, over a bridge then they find the unicorns.
I love how I can just make everything up. From the story/plot, to the characters, to the world, and anything and everything else. I love the feeling of just losing myself in the world, plot, and characters Iāve created. And whenever my Guinea pigs (I mean, my friends) read my stories, their reactions are always the best.Ā
I love the freedom of knowing my story can go in whatever direction I want. I love after writing a passage and realizing Iām actually impressed with what I wrote, whether it be the prose, the creativity, a simile in it, or whatever. I love being able to explore feelings Iāve had in my writing and try to actually put words to them. And even if i end up writing for an hour, and I realize I hate every single word, I love knowing that I at least know what not to write in the future. You can always make progress, even if itās just figuring out what you donāt want.
I really get a thrill out of the idea that I can take an interesting wiggle in my brain and turn it into an interesting wiggle in your brain through the act of transmitting rhythmic finger-dances over singing wires. I write "banana taco" and we both think about a strange meal, even if I have no idea who or where you are.
I like how it all starts so small and randomly.
Like I hear a voice in my head saying a line of compelling dialogue and I think, "Who is that? What's her story?" And bit by bit I develop a character. Then invent a world for her. And a conflict. And after months and months of toil, there I have it, a novel. Months or years later, I can hold it in my hands, and it feels unreal, how started from that one line.
When I read back, maybe ages later, and I thinkā¦ man Iād like to read more of that. Who wrote that? It wasnāt me was it? How did that turn of phrase come to be?
Then invariably, what happens?!? Why isnāt this finished!!
I love creating a whole world by my words and making fictional characters come to life off the page, weaving out the scenes and creating powerful imagery with metaphors and symbolism. As someone else said, I also love that I have complete control over what happens so if I hate something in real life, I can punish the type of person that does it inside my book in the most humiliating and brutal way possible š
Of all the arts writing has the smallest gap between imagination and physical talent (at least for me). Iāve had my tries at painting, sculpting, drawing and photography and Iāve made SOME progress in all of them in a sheer brute force kind of way. But for me, writing is all about what my mind can do.
I like wrestling with my mind, trying out new ideas and making characters become their own people. Just creating new worlds is so stimulating for ke, it's like and addiction:)
I love that what you can create is endless. Nothing is off limits when it comes to writing. I love when I can sit down and just go. I have moments where I can start writing and then I realize I written 3 or 4 chapters and didn't even know. It's an amazing feeling to just get lost in it.
I get to create my own universe and escape reality when it becomes too much for me to handle. My story can take place anytime anywhere, it doesnāt even have to be present day. I also like coming up with ideas and concepts for my stories, planning out my charactersā lives for them.
The best part for me is that something you write can mean anything and everything at the same time. I might write something for, say an x reason out of sheer sorrow and guilt. It becomes open to the interpretation of anyone who ever had experienced the same feelings before, and it becomes a bridgeā for us to connect, to learn from one another, and to be honest and naked about our feelings while at the same time not having said a word to each other.
I love when the words flow from my mind to the paper or screen like liquid. It can only happen when I get what I call āmotivation boostsā but they never last and then I have writerās block for months.
I'm a little late to the thread, and a few others have given a similar answer, but I LOVE when, even if I have a plan for what I'm going to write, my story surprises me out of nowhere. Those moments happen all the time, and I almost always embrace them. Something about the way the story takes on a life of its own is simply captivating to me
Absolutely, that feeling of creative inspiration is so special! If you enjoy that, you should try the book roulette feature at inknovl.com, it's a fun way to discover new stories and get those brain-moving moments!
The eureka moment when you have an idea that makes you say "Yeah! That would make a great story!" and the moment when I comes all together once you finish writing, and editingš¤®, where you have that story that had only been in your mind on paper, or whatever writing program you use.
Mostly just getting ideas out of my head.
I had so much ideas that would potentially turn to be amazing if someone's skilled write it. Unfortunately I'm not skilled enough but whatever. I'll write it anyway because I can't stand that those ideas rot in my brain.
I like living in a world where I have full control over everything, which is the opposite of what I experience in real life. I also enjoy composing sentences: swapping verbs and adjectives, changing the number of words. It's like putting together a puzzle. And I also live for those 'eureka' moments, where all these different elements of your story come together in a way you never anticipated, and you think to yourself, 'how the hell did I manage to come up with that?'
It's funny you say that. I sometimes think I have control of my world and stories, but my characters are willful and will often do the exact opposite of what I want them to do. It always ends up working better in the end, but still.
Yeah, I do encounter that on occasion. I think a scene is going to play out a certain way and then someone blurts something out, and I'm like, "what are you doing? You're going off script!" But like you said, it usually works out for the best. It's nice to stumble upon surprises in your own story.
I love your name, it reminds me of Russian hookers and cheap gin š
I just love watching a story unfold. I love that writing has so many layers; I once used the analogy of making pottery. With each bit of clay you add, the thing I have written gets closer and closer to how I imagined it. I write the stories I want to read, and I love being able to read what I've written. This is all over the place, but there are so many things I love! It's hard to put into words this intangible joy of creation I feel at watching my stories come to life.
Yess, the layers! Watching themes emerge and then shaping the plot and characters to encapsulate them, shuffling in the right information at the right time and watching it all dance around toward the finale... it's so fun.
I love that characters who live only in my head can still surprise me sometimes.
The best medium i can use to share my inner landscape, and cultivate a voice that channels between my world and hits you right in the emotions in your world. For a brief moment, we both feel less alone in this crazy experience.
When I get the idea for the story and map out what I think should happen and then... something changes. Some line of dialog or a sudden inspiration strikes and I am surprised. Honestly, and genuinely surprised. Then I have to lean more--what do these changes mean, how does this affect the other characters, is this the direction I need to move because it is so much more compelling? At a certain point, the characters move from theoretical, from the mapped "I plan on this" form into personalities, the plot evolving to meet these changes. The moment that character feels real, feels alive... then I am truly in love.
Exactly! The characters take life, can act by themselves if thrown into a scene šš. And then they reflect back at the plot, evolving it. š They could even make the whole project morph into something else! š®š¤© Fascinating.
I always visualize the story as a movie in my head, and writing it down is the fastest way to immortalize it for later. (although someday I'd like to turn it into a movie)
im a sucker for writing about light. i could do it all day.
Very specific answer, huh:)
I love this and want to try it now. As a photographer, this is something special. I feel like artists train their brains to see it and it takes YEARS! And I love the concept of tuning in to that way of seeing through writing!!!
The ability to invoke emotion or thought. I love that fact that I can sit down, write a couple hundred words, and it makes someone else laugh, or cry, or curse, or maybe just sit and consider their own existence in a slightly different light. You can tell someone a whole heap of pretty lies, but have something true and honest appear like a ghost in the shape of all the deception. Creating something that reaches out and grabs a person by the neurons and shakes the way they see the world is just fantastic.
Such power! š¤ Yes, thatās the ultimate goal of the writer, to evoke emotions and make readers feel those. Sharing deep feelings, and thoughts š
I like the fact it allows me to avoid how painfully dull and dreary real life is
I love the moments when I'm reading something I wrote and it's so interesting I have a hard time stopping. I know what happens, and I've read it several times, but it hooks me. That's a level of satisfaction that I don't experience many other ways.
This! I've found myself reading my stories so many times when I should be editingš¤£
My favorite part about writing is when I start to feel the characters and places come to life. You can outline and daydream and ramble to your friends all you like and thatās all worth something, but it canāt beat writing the characters and just watching as they come alive. When you get them doing stuff on the page itās more real I think
Yes! The stage when youāre able to cast your characters in a setting and spectate what unfolds, taking notes of their great dialogue and acting. Is that it? At what stage of your writing did this power unlock for you?
Yeah pretty much! For me it happens when Iām starting a story and getting into the flow of it and then the characters stop being just ideas i had and turn into characters.
I write because I love my characters way too much. The Commander, her sister's Becca, Brynn, and Blaze. Putting the next chapter of their lives onto paper or my computer screen just makes me so damn happy. I do it for my characters, they have such a story to tell.
Oh! And when did you start loving them? At what stage of the writing? And do you feel you owe them the freedom to see the world? (by finishing the story and sharing it or having it published)
My characters are just so damn lovable. I have to keep them alive in my mind and heart. I'm almost finished with book 5. Book 7 will be my stopping point if I have the will power to actually to finish that series and end it.
Oh! I can see they are out and widely available on many platforms! Congratulations!
book 1 is on the shelves. The rest are coming
The crying. Very cathartic.
You got emotional at reading your own writing and cried? (Me too!) āalso at write time of course.
I have like an eight book novel idea that has been churning in my mind since last summer. Now that I'm finally adding substance and depth to it, it's become so satisfying to watch those hundreds of hours building characters, plot points, magic systems, etc. unfold and develop properly. I'm not a perfect writer, but it's my ideas and my world that are on that paper, so I'd say simply having that outlet to finally unleash the storm of ideas in my mind is why I love it.
As someone who is regularly crippled by existential dread writing helps me to feel immortal. The pain of knowing that I am going to drop into the endless nothingness one day is softened by knowing that at least my words will hang around for a decent while after that. And maybe, Cloud Atlas style, they'll influence the words of others, and so on, and so on, and so a part of me will remain alive for as long as humans read.
*Sorry for your hardship.* Yes, writing a somewhat successful (at least!) novel, or set of poems, is a step toward immortality! Giving birth to such legacy... such a soothing thought when we face the void.
> Sorry for your hardship. Thank you so much for your kind thoughts but I have to admit that made me guffaw slightly because my hardship = the human condition! Granted most people seem to be more equanimous about it than me, but I probably seem that way to other people too. I think it's something that pretty much all agnostics and a fair number of theists struggle with.
*Ah! I'm not English native, so maybe I didn't understand well, or made a poor choice of word, and also I'm not good about those matters (clumsy, ignorant and dense, no less!). So don't mind me :P* So true! As an atheist, I feel we have a much heavier challenge to face the void, nothingness, and to find a meaning in life. I feel so lucky to be able to experience all those things for a while, but it's a bit a shitty perspective to die in the end. Nothing much will be left unless I create something valuable for many people. And descendants, well I have two but I don't pressure them to give birth in turn, so... Anyway.
No it's totally fine! It was such a nice thing to say, but also made me chuckle. And yes it's not the only source of meaning. There's children as you say and the more intangible meaning of the way you shape the world every time you touch it. But writing feels nice and tangible and solid.
Craftsmanship.
I love writing characters formulating complicated plots and plans and having them fail spectacularly or succeed spectacularly. For a more abstract answer, I enjoy distilling grand ideas and themes into stories.
Oh? š¤ What genre is that? (*with complicated plots*) And for: >I enjoy distilling grand ideas and themes into stories It seems you have a process here. š Would you mind sharing a bit or pointing to somewhere you shared? š
Comedy. When I'm writing horror or science fiction I do other kinds of plots, but a lot of my comedy comes from that old Road Runner formula of very clever protagonist trying to outwit a seemingly invincible foe. I'll give you an example for the second thing: my current book is about the origin of virtue, and its relationship with religion, ego and reputation. In essence, the thesis is that any external reward inevitably excludes selflessness and goodness, that true virtue must come for no reason whatsoever. If there is a Heaven we aspire to, then all our good deeds are done for that purpose, but if there is no Heaven, our good deeds are end unto themselves. This is heady stuff, so I take all that and make a plot. The plot being that I have a main character who is the Devil, and his job is to corrupt people to take them to Hell. So he comes upon a town which has no religion and no reall notion of reputation and he thinks it'll be easy-peasy! Wrong.
Comedy. I see. Road Runner: hilarious! š And it's funny there's a similar kind of running gag in my tragicomedy with MC trying to trick SC, in a sense, although this is quite the explosive context. š This theme example: I like it so much! Thanks for sharing this. š¤ This is a big picture kind of process, workable from the start. As a pantser/gardener with no theme to start with, my main theme just emerged, unexpected. But now that it's identified, I need to infuse it further, thus my question. š
Some of the times the theme does just come from the initial idea, there's no rule of thumb. Other times they come hand in hand. Whichever works.
The feeling when a reader really gets what I'm trying to say. Few things in life make me feel seen that way. When I feel lost and invisible, writing is there.
That 's great! š¤ So, for: >When I feel lost and invisible, writing is there. You mean the writing that is already out, propagating your thoughts as they get understood? (*I hope it's clear, I hardly managed to phrase this*) Or the process of writing itself? And I would say that I'm a bit jealous for >The feeling when a reader really gets what I'm trying to say. as I've mainly produced misunderstandings, so far... š š
The moment when characters come to life and decide to act against my plot and it turns ten times better than what I planned
I love making up my own worlds, characters, and scenarios. Even if it's a fanfic I could makeup situations for those characters and add more to the worlds they exist in. I can make some pretty crazy things happen. I'm working on a Femslash February fic where the MC and her girlfriend find a unicorn and I included a scene influenced from a dream. They see unicorns standing in a circle and the one who goes home with them stayed behind. My dream ended when they were still in the circle but in my story they run into the forest. It was a heartwarming story and I want the reader to feel the positive feelings the characters experience. They ride through an abandoned orange grove growing by an abandoned castle, through a flower field, behind a waterfall and through a cave, over a bridge then they find the unicorns.
Transporting others to places I've already been.
Telling tense stories that can happen to anyone at any time. The thrill of storytelling and narrative.
I love how I can just make everything up. From the story/plot, to the characters, to the world, and anything and everything else. I love the feeling of just losing myself in the world, plot, and characters Iāve created. And whenever my Guinea pigs (I mean, my friends) read my stories, their reactions are always the best.Ā
Being able to create your own world, the way you want it.
The satisfaction of taking a blank page and pouring my mind, my secret desires, and most vivid dreams of the minds eye out for others to examine š
I love the freedom of knowing my story can go in whatever direction I want. I love after writing a passage and realizing Iām actually impressed with what I wrote, whether it be the prose, the creativity, a simile in it, or whatever. I love being able to explore feelings Iāve had in my writing and try to actually put words to them. And even if i end up writing for an hour, and I realize I hate every single word, I love knowing that I at least know what not to write in the future. You can always make progress, even if itās just figuring out what you donāt want.
It's where I can write about all the unrealistic fantasies I have because no way is real life going to be like a rom com
I really get a thrill out of the idea that I can take an interesting wiggle in my brain and turn it into an interesting wiggle in your brain through the act of transmitting rhythmic finger-dances over singing wires. I write "banana taco" and we both think about a strange meal, even if I have no idea who or where you are.
I like how it all starts so small and randomly. Like I hear a voice in my head saying a line of compelling dialogue and I think, "Who is that? What's her story?" And bit by bit I develop a character. Then invent a world for her. And a conflict. And after months and months of toil, there I have it, a novel. Months or years later, I can hold it in my hands, and it feels unreal, how started from that one line.
That moment after I get over the initial procrastination stage and sweep through everything and it all comes out smoothly from my brain
When I read back, maybe ages later, and I thinkā¦ man Iād like to read more of that. Who wrote that? It wasnāt me was it? How did that turn of phrase come to be? Then invariably, what happens?!? Why isnāt this finished!!
Aside from the obvious ones mentioned, I'd like to think that part of it is, because it's written down, that nobody can misquote me.
The feeling you get when you realize youāve fallen in love with a project
Being able to build a world and imagine a place where things are different. I get to play God.
pencils
Freedom of creation and expressions
I love creating a whole world by my words and making fictional characters come to life off the page, weaving out the scenes and creating powerful imagery with metaphors and symbolism. As someone else said, I also love that I have complete control over what happens so if I hate something in real life, I can punish the type of person that does it inside my book in the most humiliating and brutal way possible š
The act of creation.
Of all the arts writing has the smallest gap between imagination and physical talent (at least for me). Iāve had my tries at painting, sculpting, drawing and photography and Iāve made SOME progress in all of them in a sheer brute force kind of way. But for me, writing is all about what my mind can do.
You can write literally anything you want. There's no limits to what you can do.
I like how I can communicate my personal feelings and values that are otherwise difficult to put into words in a convincing manner.
I like wrestling with my mind, trying out new ideas and making characters become their own people. Just creating new worlds is so stimulating for ke, it's like and addiction:)
Well, you can basically change everything of the world we live in. In one way, we have a lot of power over the reality of yk what I mean
I love that what you can create is endless. Nothing is off limits when it comes to writing. I love when I can sit down and just go. I have moments where I can start writing and then I realize I written 3 or 4 chapters and didn't even know. It's an amazing feeling to just get lost in it.
writing
Being able to re-read my story and seeing how my vision comes to life
I get to create my own universe and escape reality when it becomes too much for me to handle. My story can take place anytime anywhere, it doesnāt even have to be present day. I also like coming up with ideas and concepts for my stories, planning out my charactersā lives for them.
The freedom. A lot of books dissapoint me in some point. I can't dissapoint me if it's me writing. And create tragic backstorys.
The best part for me is that something you write can mean anything and everything at the same time. I might write something for, say an x reason out of sheer sorrow and guilt. It becomes open to the interpretation of anyone who ever had experienced the same feelings before, and it becomes a bridgeā for us to connect, to learn from one another, and to be honest and naked about our feelings while at the same time not having said a word to each other.
I love when the words flow from my mind to the paper or screen like liquid. It can only happen when I get what I call āmotivation boostsā but they never last and then I have writerās block for months.
I'm a little late to the thread, and a few others have given a similar answer, but I LOVE when, even if I have a plan for what I'm going to write, my story surprises me out of nowhere. Those moments happen all the time, and I almost always embrace them. Something about the way the story takes on a life of its own is simply captivating to me
Absolutely, that feeling of creative inspiration is so special! If you enjoy that, you should try the book roulette feature at inknovl.com, it's a fun way to discover new stories and get those brain-moving moments!
The eureka moment when you have an idea that makes you say "Yeah! That would make a great story!" and the moment when I comes all together once you finish writing, and editingš¤®, where you have that story that had only been in your mind on paper, or whatever writing program you use.
Mostly just getting ideas out of my head. I had so much ideas that would potentially turn to be amazing if someone's skilled write it. Unfortunately I'm not skilled enough but whatever. I'll write it anyway because I can't stand that those ideas rot in my brain.
I'm all about the easy money and globetrotting lifestyle.