SRP workshop (V2)~Tips, tricks, and techniques shared.

[Veroe]

This is a thread I've been meaning to resurrect in this new form.

This is a workshop where you can ask for help generating ideas for threads, or just share techniques or tricks you like to use in general in your posts in your threads.

For example in all my posts I like to copy and paste the last line or paragraph of my previous post and use that as a starting off point in the response I am writing. Then I write how my cowriter responded to that and how my character would respond to that response. I feel this gives it a sense of continuity and cohesion, and not to mention an easy way to get the ball moving in writing the post.

Are there any such tricks or techniques you out there like to do at the start of a post?

 

[Bevatoria]

I usually cut and paste the last paragraphs of my cowriter's post, specifically the parts I haven't responded to yet, whether directly or indirectly. It's not always the parts they write after my post, but also some things they might've done in response to things my character has said or done that I want to elaborate on. It's kind of a backhanded 'thank you' for writing as well as they do.

I find some sort of background noise helps me to focus a bit. Not enough to drown out all conscious thought, obviously, but having the TV on or some background music seems to help the words flow out a little better.

Most important part? Don't stare at a blank screen. Even if I end up deleting what I wrote, getting started is by far the hardest part for me. But once I do, the ideas will kind of spill out, even if they don't all make sense.

 

[thewhiteone]

I type it up in Word, save it, then do something else for a half hour before coming back and looking at what I wrote again. If I think it needs more tweaking/heavy revision/scrapping, I do so, otherwise I then post it.

Also by saving it in a Word doc, I get a few other benefits:
I can recover it if the computer/internet crashes.
I can continue if I had to leave my computer for an extended period.
It offers another spelling/grammar check. I've found that Word and Lit's spelling/grammar check each catch a few things that the other missed.