Hitting that sweet spot….

[Emilymcplugger]

So at the minute after struggling since May to get into “Hot and Fuzzy” and feeling wracked with worry that my first story might be my only story I have hit that sweet spot where I find motivation easy to come by and I’m actually finding it harder and harder to stay away from adding bits and just working it constantly.

What’s the best bit about hitting those creative lucky streaks for you, when every key you hit, every plot point you make, every sex scene you construct just hits the page right?

 

[Lifestyle66]

... I have hit that sweet spot where I find motivation easy to come by and I’m actually finding it harder and harder to stay away from adding bits and just working it constantly.

What’s the best bit about hitting those creative lucky streaks for you, when every key you hit, every plot point you make, every sex scene you construct just hits the page right?

The best bit is the driven feeling of doing something and making it better with every change.

On the downside, that driven "gotta make one more change" is a never-ending feeling and interferes with everything else I SHOULD be doing.

 

[FifthEstate]

So at the minute after struggling since May to get into “Hot and Fuzzy” and feeling wracked with worry that my first story might be my only story I have hit that sweet spot where I find motivation easy to come by and I’m actually finding it harder and harder to stay away from adding bits and just working it constantly.

What’s the best bit about hitting those creative lucky streaks for you, when every key you hit, every plot point you make, every sex scene you construct just hits the page right?

I got into one of those zones on Saturday for the first time in a long time. It felt great to watch my word count move in thousands instead of tens. For me, I finally decided to skip the sex scenes that are like drudgery sometimes. After this weekend, I can look at my story and actually see progress…

 

[AwkwardlySet]

When that happens yeah... it eats away the time so fast... My best streak so far was about 3k words without stopping. But I rarely have that much time for uninterrupted writing, even if I am feeling inspired.

 

[SimonDoom]

I've published 52 stories in 6 years, and I have another backlog of about 38 unfinished stories, and I would say for very few of them have I hit a "lucky streak" where everything comes easily for the process of writing the whole story. Usually, some scenes come easily and others don't. The only method to get through it is to plug away. It's work. I can think of a handful of stories where it felt like everything came easily. Late Night on the Loveseat with Mom was one. I wrote it in about 6 days and it ended up as my most popular story. Teddy Bear came pretty easily too. I felt like I was "in the zone" most of the time I wrote that story. But most of my stories take months to finish, with spurts of easy productivity followed by long, slow slogs.

 

[Emilymcplugger]

I've published 52 stories in 6 years, and I have another backlog of about 38 unfinished stories, and I would say for very few of them have I hit a "lucky streak" where everything comes easily for the process of writing the whole story. Usually, some scenes come easily and others don't. The only method to get through it is to plug away. It's work. I can think of a handful of stories where it felt like everything came easily. Late Night on the Loveseat with Mom was one. I wrote it in about 6 days and it ended up as my most popular story. Teddy Bear came pretty easily too. I felt like I was "in the zone" most of the time I wrote that story. But most of my stories take months to finish, with spurts of easy productivity followed by long, slow slogs

That’s interesting.

I’ve got to admit on much of the writing I do, it’s a tad sloggy, mixed with the occasional burst, but sometimes ideas come largely fully formed.

For example, when I was working on ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE I almost felt like I wasn’t writing it. The best way of describing it is like Salieri says in “Amadeus” in that it seemed like I was “taking dictation” and that the story already existed and I was merely helping it by writing it down.

Today however I have hit the sweet spot with the “fuzz” and so need to capitalise on this as much as possible.

 

[Northstar4695]

I thought the thread about “hitting the sweet spot” was going to be about something else entirely.

Jk! It’s a great feeling. Whenever I get in that zone I don’t want to stop for fear I lose it!

 

[MillieDynamite]

At some point, you have to say, Okie Dokie, I'm done with this and publish the thing. It's that way with every story. Finding the right amount of time to spend on one is critical.

 

[firmbutgentle]

When I hit those spots I write like crazy and don't plan or try to finish anything. I might end up with a finished story, or a bunch of fragments, or a sequel to something I've already written. I try not to work on existing stories in that zone because it puts me into "edit mode."

 

[Seadog777]

I don't know if I consider it a "sweet spot" but this is what I do.

When the mood hits me, I simply free type.
I have no filter at that point. If it enters my mind, it goes right down.
After the mood passes, I let my wife read it. She writes down what she likes and dislikes.
Then I read it for the first time. I write down what I didn't like.
She gives me her opinion and I take it into account. Then I delete what I don't like and keep what I do like.

I personally believe that sometimes us writers tend to overthink things. By simply letting go and free typing, you open yourself up to ideas that you'd normally not even consider.

 

[Rob_Royale]

For me, the sweet spot is when your idea, finds it's hook.
Like an unappreciated BBW meets a gorgeous man who's totally into her. Simple idea, not very original maybe. But it's when you've figured out the setting and the circumstances that make the idea pop to life. It makes it interesting beyond the sex. That's my sweet spot.