Fear of storytelling.

Everytime I go for a long walk with just Orclette and myself I come up with what I feel are great scenes for this story I'm writing*. But when I come back and start trying to actually write the scenes I feel.... silly.

Really silly. Like I'm giving a speech.

I'm trying to get around this and am not quite sure how to. I know I'm not the only one who feels very vernerable and exposed when writing.

Anyways ideas wanted.

*by writing I mean I have a written outline I know all the major characters and if asked I could describe each scene/person/event but I don't have any dialog/descriptions actually written and my characters don't have names. I know the beginning and the end just haven't been able to force myself to actually write it. This is the 2nd such story**

**ie: the second complete story I've come up with that has never been written or told***

***beyond short synopsis' to Wulfa and telling it to Orclette

Comments

Fauxpas said…

just write it down. editing come later!

June 11, 2008 at 5:28:00 PM MDT

Anonymous said…

i always find that i write stories better if i imagine that i was sitting down telling it to a grandchild of mine. remember, describe everything... sights, sounds, smells. people want to be part of a story. its better to write too much and shorten it, then to write too little and try to fit things in. weel, at least imo it is.

June 12, 2008 at 7:14:00 AM MDT

Anonymous said…

Have you ever given freewriting a try? You start a timer for ten minutes and just go. The rules are simple: write until the timer goes off, no stopping, no erasing, no editing. Do this a few times (forcing yourself to follow the rules -- it isn't easy!), and it will really loosen you up. You can then apply it to fiction, and just let the words spill out on the paper. Fauxpas is right -- write first, edit later!

If you like this kind of thing, you might check out Writing Down the Bones. This book helped me keep my sanity in college, as it got me back into writing. Has lots of nifty freewriting assignments in it.

June 12, 2008 at 12:50:00 PM MDT

Anonymous said…

Er... not college, but graduate school. (I didn't start to get crazy-stressed until then.)

Anyway, good stuff!

June 12, 2008 at 12:52:00 PM MDT

Guildless.

Me and Wulfa are now guildless. This came as kinda a shock and with no communication from the deciding party. I'm currently looking for a guild for us. We are not "raiders" and will never be. We do research our gear and fights and in general our classes. We are looking for a guild that we can be a part of, chat with, and not be expected to raid or be on specific times. I think that means we're looking for a "social" guild. We are primarily alliance but once finances get squared away(aka my bonus arrives) we could possibly convert to horde. If anyone knows of any guilds that they would recommend please let us know.

New Stuff

For those of you who are still following us I'd like to redirect you over to our new blog project, www.wordsremember.com . Damm and I have embarked on artistic and literary adventures and have even opened our own etsy shop which you can find here . Thanks!

On being Horde.

Obviously we no longer play Horde side. Wulfa has a 70, 45, 32 and numerous other alliance alts now. I've got a 63, 46, 20, 16, 11, 8, 8 Alliance side(all my alliance alts are new since we moved over to Kael'thas, wulfa's playing two characters that already existed before our horde characters were started). But we are two and a half ORCS. Not two and a half random alliance characters. This makes it hard sometimes when I see links to my site or I see a horde shaman etc. It is kind of like going back to your home town and seeing people you used to know and they ask you how your ex-girlfriend is doing. They don't know you split up. You don't really want to talk about it. Etc. Sometimes I think fondly about getting on my Horde shaman and leveling a bit. Nothing ever comes of it. And even less will in the future as I get further and further away from wanting to play those toons. There are things I like on the Alliance side. I like the Dreanai. A lot. Even th...

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