Officially removing Adele from my playlist

[rainydaydreams]

It's not that I don't like her music - I love her music. It's just it's seriously interrupting part one of my novel and if I am going to do this thing, compulsive daydreaming that is, I am sure as hell going to get something productive out of it in the process like learning to write fiction.

On the other hand Adele will be artist of choice as soon as I hit part two.

[Hana]

Thanks. I'll definitely try.

[rainydaydreams]

Adrian S, most of what I do is just scrawl, desperately trying to get my ideas on paper, I have tried tape recording myself talking but it felt weird and was annoying to transcribe. My advice is free write, forget pick out the grammar just get it down on paper then get in a frame of mind where you focus - very very very hard I know and pick out the good bits, the raw emotion and dialog is already written on paper which is a very good start  you just need to structure what you have got into a coherent sentence.

The focusing part is incredibly hard, I allow myself to effectively relive a specific scene which is usually hugely beneficial if not essential as the first initial ideas is often to raw or unrealistic - fortunately my MD mind vehemently rejects anything that would be unrealistic so I am forced into this process lol. But limit yourself say right I must write now. It is so worth it in the end to read it as you had imagined it.

More advice is work out a flexible outline almost like structure daydreaming, work out how you want to tell this story what it about, how does it end, whose viewpoint is it etc have a goal in mind otherwise with MD on top I think it would be too depressing.

50% free writing

25% reliving / re-free writing (there you go a new word)

25% first draft

If you attempt this again good luck and remember the final outcome (each paragraph) is worth it.

[Hana]

I tired to write a story based on my daydreams..... But I started daydreaming faster than I could type. Then I just stopped typing.  =/

[roxanne]

A world without Adele?  Is it worth it?  I can't imagine.

[rainydaydreams]

:D

[greyartist]

Adele is a huge trigger for me as well.

[Jules]

Fair enough!