Share Your Draft Notes

[anthrodisiac]

Really? This is for Literotica characters, and not a single penis worm?

I bring shame upon my house.

But that's also like, half a page out of 16, or 100 words out of over 7000 words. I have close to 100 other ones, but again, no penis worm. Though I'm currently doing prehensile orca dick, so that's kinda like a penis worm?

 

[anthrodisiac]

From Slippery When Wet companion piece WIP:
(TODO: okay, seriously, is anyone gonna ding you for not mentioning that anthro claspers aren’t channels?)
(TODO: stay on track, stroker!)
(TODO: seems like there are several of these; both climaxes actually, plus the ending. Don’t do that, you dolt)
(TODO: is this an intro or a seizure?)

And overall notes at top:
Not bad, rookie, not bad
...or it’s really bad

 

[GuiltyCowboy]

Oh, yeah - constantly jotting down notes, images, specific wording - both inside the work in progress and in separate docs.

It seems organized and makes me feel as if I’m on top of everything and then I go back and my note will say:

‘Tedious and difficult - equalized’

That’s a real example. And I’ll have that sinking feeling that the person who’s been subcontracted to manage my inner life is a fucking idiot.

 

[Writer61]

The other way I make notes is with a bulleted to-do list (in red) at the top of the document. It is useful for logging quick thoughts and things that do not yet have a place in the story.

As with all the other notes and headings, they are removed before publication. They are all in colour, so it is easy to scan through the document to spot them.

 

[sirhugs]

The other way I make notes is with a bulleted to-do list (in red) at the top of the document. It is useful for logging quick thoughts and things that do not yet have a place in the story.

As with all the other notes and headings, they are removed before publication. They are all in colour, so it is easy to scan through the document to spot them.

I prefer bottom to top (no- not like THAT. I'm a top if anything, but I digress).

Putting the notes up top means scrolling all the way, so the further the draft progresses, the tougher it is. By tucking the notes at the end, I refer to them easily and they serve as a (moving) target for ending the story.

 

[OddLove]

This was a "Next" note I left after I stopped writing the other day.

NEXT, Fred Myers shopping.
cans of whip cream
gallon of milk
rolls of plastic wrap
ginger root
binder clips
“Hello, My Name Is” stickers
blue bicycle helmet
Fear and confusion grows, he keeps asking but she keeps telling him to shut up and says it’s nothing that bad.


Since I just improvise by way through a story, most of my notes are just reminders like names, locations, etc. But I leave "Next" notes when I stop writing so I can easily jump straight to writing whenever I come back. This one cracked me up and I'm actually excited to finish it as soon as I find some peace and quiet time.

 

[sijopunk]

My notes to myself all look the same:

TODO: THIS SUCKS
TODO: THIS SUCKS
TODO: THIS SUCKS

Sometimes I need to write a scene or a beat because my brain needs to feel like it's written before it can move onto the next thing. I speed write that section and make a comment to remind myself that this was something that I was never attached to and not The One Ring.

The only scenes that never get that tag are, ironically, the blowjob scenes.

 

[anthrodisiac]

Fear and confusion grows, he keeps asking but she keeps telling him to shut up and says it’s nothing that bad.

What aisle is this on?

 

[TheWritingGroup]

But that's also like, half a page out of 16, or 100 words out of over 7000 words. I have close to 100 other ones, but again, no penis worm. Though I'm currently doing prehensile orca dick, so that's kinda like a penis worm?

Believe it or not, prehensile dolphin dicks are a (minor, offstage) plot point in "Beast".

As you might expect from the title, this is one that might appeal to your particular proclivities.

 

[Writer61]

Putting the notes up top means scrolling all the way, so the further the draft progresses, the tougher it is. By tucking the notes at the end, I refer to them easily and they serve as a (moving) target for ending the story.

In Word, Fn-Cmd-Left arrow takes you straight to the top of the document. Fn-Cmd-Right arrow to the bottom. You could also use the Document Map in the Sidebar.

 

[TheWritingGroup]

In Word, Fn-Cmd-Left arrow takes you straight to the top of the document. Fn-Cmd-Right arrow to the bottom. You could also use the Document Map in the Sidebar.

On non-Mac computers, that's equivalent to Ctrl-Home and Ctrl-End.

 

[StillStunned]

I don't often have notes in my drafts, at least not for long. I edit as I write, so often I'll fill in the missing section after a bit of thought.

That said, I was on a writing roll yesterday but realised I needed to add some detail in my Pimpernel story. So when Marguerite goes to the bedchamber to have a bath, I have "[DETAILS OF ROOM]". I need to find a balance between a simple, if large, farmhouse and a room that's regularly given to Sir Percy to use.

And in my Middle-Earth story I have a "[...]" where I can't be arsed yet to describe what travellers might stay at the Prancing Pony.

 

[sirhugs]

In Word, Fn-Cmd-Left arrow takes you straight to the top of the document. Fn-Cmd-Right arrow to the bottom. You could also use the Document Map in the Sidebar.

Thanks for the tip, but being a one fingered typist for the most part (cerebral palsy is not a bitch so much as a challenge), I try not to use more keys than necessary. i have enough fun hitting thee wrong keys as it is.
(fixed nine typos just in that short note, assuming that I didn't miss any. Plus two in this parenthetical comment. And two more.)

 

[TheLobster]

And in my Middle-Earth story I have a "[...]" where I can't be arsed yet to describe what travellers might stay at the Prancing Pony.

I used to do ellipses like these, in places where it’s obvious what should follow yet I don’t feel like writing it now. But these days I’ve gotten so lazy that I actually omit the dots and leave only “[]” — the square brackets alone — since my editor highlights them anyway. (It thinks they are part of Markdown link syntax).