Writing CRAP - a rant.

[neonlyte]

Do you write CRAP so you can get to the good bit in a story?

I'm writing a 'tome' in the sense of fable and folklore. Chapters 1-14 no problem. 15 is a pig, an absolute load of bollocks and I know hardly a word will survive. In fact I've got a nasty feeling 11-14 were only written to AVOID arriving at 15. Yet it has to be writ so I can bring the tale home. It is the corner, it's all downhill from here. Everything hangs on 15 and so far, it's a load of BOLLOCKS.

Anyone got a chapter 15 they're not using?

Good, rant over.

Thanks for listening.

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Sometimes when writing, if a story is rolling, I will block out an area in word, skip it and go on with the dtory to come back to the sex. Inthe same vein, if I am just randy and feel like writing the sex, I might write a scene and come back later to fill in the back story and plot.

Every story has a crux, a point at which everything turns. Sometimes it's the easiest part to write sometimes the hardest.

Best of luck with chapt. 15. I have a few spares but they are all probably worse than yours

-Colly

 

[Guest]

Do you write CRAP so you can get to the good bit in a story?

I'm writing a 'tome' in the sense of fable and folklore. Chapters 1-14 no problem. 15 is a pig, an absolute load of bollocks and I know hardly a word will survive. In fact I've got a nasty feeling 11-14 were only written to AVOID arriving at 15. Yet it has to be writ so I can bring the tale home. It is the corner, it's all downhill from here. Everything hangs on 15 and so far, it's a load of BOLLOCKS.

Anyone got a chapter 15 they're not using?

Good, rant over.

Thanks for listening.

Gotta love good old English rants.

I don't think I've ever written crap to get to a good bit of a story, it's all crap!!! LOL

Nah, seriously, I do "fill" sometimes, with a nice hearty piece of dialogue, for example, but I've never thought of what I'm writing at the time as crap - writing something just for the sake of it.

Just looked up a chapter 15 I have: two women in a bath, one shaving the other. Will it fit in seamlessly with your story?

Lou

 

[neonlyte]

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Just looked up a chapter 15 I have: two women in a bath, one shaving the other. Will it fit in seamlessly with your story?

Lou

No. But I'll read it anyway.


Neon

 

[Guest]

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No. But I'll read it anyway.


Neon

Ok. LOL!

I'll send over the entire bloody thing, once I've finished the damn editing.

Seriously, I'd love you to be one of the few to give me your opinion of it.

Give me a month or six.

Lou

 

[neonlyte]

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Ok. LOL!

I'll send over the entire bloody thing, once I've finished the damn editing.

Seriously, I'd love you to be one of the few to give me your opinion of it.

Give me a month or six.

Lou

Your on!

Give me a heads up when you want an opinion.

Neon

 

[Guest]

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Your on!

Give me a heads up when you want an opinion.

Neon

Sorry for the threadjack, btw!

 

[Belegon]

Sometimes when writing, if a story is rolling, I will block out an area in word, skip it and go on with the dtory to come back to the sex. Inthe same vein, if I am just randy and feel like writing the sex, I might write a scene and come back later to fill in the back story and plot.
-Colly

I am having a "first" for me...I am having trouble writing the sex. Everything else in this particular story is pretty much done, it just needs editing and tightening up. But I worked so long to get to this "payoff" scene and I have discovered I am much more interested in the other interactions between these two characters...

 

[neonlyte]

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Sorry for the threadjack, btw!

That's ok. Though now I've got to work in a chapter about wood nymphs peeling off their mossy panties in a mountain stream.

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

Do you write CRAP . . .

I'm not saying.

I will confess that my work is not uneven.

 

[Lucifer_Carroll]

I am having a "first" for me...I am having trouble writing the sex. Everything else in this particular story is pretty much done, it just needs editing and tightening up. But I worked so long to get to this "payoff" scene and I have discovered I am much more interested in the other interactions between these two characters...

Ditto for pretty much all my stories. I dread my sex scenes and the longer they last, the quicker the drag my story (from a writer's standpoint) into a "fuck this is crap" deadlock. Chances are erotica is not going to be a part of my long-term career because of that.

 

[neonlyte]

Ditto for pretty much all my stories. I dread my sex scenes and the longer they last, the quicker the drag my story (from a writer's standpoint) into a "fuck this is crap" deadlock. Chances are erotica is not going to be a part of my long-term career because of that.

Fortunately all the sex in this story takes place on a boat, it saves me having to describe the 'up and down' bit.

Come to think of it the only other sex takes place in water - I think I've been indoctrinated by Goslings.

 

[minsue]

Fortunately all the sex in this story takes place on a boat, it saves me having to describe the 'up and down' bit.

Come to think of it the only other sex takes place in water - I think I've been indoctrinated by Goslings.

Damn, they're catching on...

 

[Octavian]

How eager are you to submit your story?

When I started my first (and still my best story) I skipped the build-up and got stuck into the sex.
BUT I didn't submit it. I went back and developed the build-up. And then I wrote some more and repeated the whole exercise--- ad infinitum.

But I wouldn't recommend this course of action to everyone. That's because it took me over two years before I felt that the story was ready to be submitted.

Octavian

“Encase your majestic tree of manhood in the sublimely soft wondrous wet hallowed depths of my body,” she implored.
“Oh,” he replied, “you mean you wanna fuck!”

 

[oggbashan]

I have their word for it

My latest feedback:

***
About the submission: Silverbridge: The Clam etc.
This feedback was sent by: Anonymous

Comments:

Utter fucking bullshit. A bunch of dykes with big legs that
like to try and hurt men?? What a load of crap

***

I don't think Anonymous liked it.

Og

 

[Guest]

Re: I have their word for it

My latest feedback:

***
About the submission: Silverbridge: The Clam etc.
This feedback was sent by: Anonymous

Comments:

Utter fucking bullshit. A bunch of dykes with big legs that
like to try and hurt men?? What a load of crap

***

I don't think Anonymous liked it.

Og

Ho hum, can't please 'em all can you, Og?

He obviously has problems thinking outside the box.

Lou

 

[Guest]

Re: I have their word for it

Utter fucking bullshit. A bunch of dykes with big legs that like to try and hurt men?? What a load of crap

That would make a great blurb, Ogg. I am envisioning the cover.

Perdita

 

[sweetnpetite]

Re: I have their word for it

My latest feedback:

***
About the submission: Silverbridge: The Clam etc.
This feedback was sent by: Anonymous

Comments:

Utter fucking bullshit. A bunch of dykes with big legs that
like to try and hurt men?? What a load of crap

***

I don't think Anonymous liked it.

Og

sounds damn good to me!

 

[Wholemanz]

Well, Water Sports and Feces. I don't think I am classy enough to comment here.

Bah Bye

 

[TheEarl]

Do you write CRAP so you can get to the good bit in a story?

I'm writing a 'tome' in the sense of fable and folklore. Chapters 1-14 no problem. 15 is a pig, an absolute load of bollocks and I know hardly a word will survive. In fact I've got a nasty feeling 11-14 were only written to AVOID arriving at 15. Yet it has to be writ so I can bring the tale home. It is the corner, it's all downhill from here. Everything hangs on 15 and so far, it's a load of BOLLOCKS.

Anyone got a chapter 15 they're not using?

Good, rant over.

Thanks for listening.

Neon: Been right there with you mate. My novel managed to extend itself by three chapters simply because I wasn't looking forward to writing the crunch part.

My advice: don't keep on with the bollocks. Go back to where it was good and leave it for a week or two (to forget what you wrote). Then start again and make sure you don't write anything down that's not to your standard. Sometimes this results in a writing speed of 2 words per hour, but it's worth it.

The Earl

 

[neonlyte]

Re: Re: Writing CRAP - a rant.

Neon: Been right there with you mate. My novel managed to extend itself by three chapters simply because I wasn't looking forward to writing the crunch part.

My advice: don't keep on with the bollocks. Go back to where it was good and leave it for a week or two (to forget what you wrote). Then start again and make sure you don't write anything down that's not to your standard. Sometimes this results in a writing speed of 2 words per hour, but it's worth it.

The Earl

Cleared out most of it last night. Re-writing from the point it became depressing, I think I knew what I wanted to say, just the words were in the wrong order.

Trouble with my way of writing is that it's character driven, often the next chapter is only revealed to me during the writing of the current chapter. Hey Ho.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Neon