Writing a story

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:53 am

Pacione: Very few of the sentences you've composed on this board have made any sense at all. Is this how you normally write? Even your fiction?

decadence · Post by **decadence** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 1:24 pm

Listen bud, I am not sure who you are, or how you believe you matter to anyone on this community, but bashing someone behind a guest login is not the way to win people over to your way of thinking. Nor is it condusive to friendly exchange. I realize you will not give two shits about what I just said because you are a moron, but still. Pacione writes, and he writes well. If he did not write well, people would not respond in the manner in which they very obviously have done. So take your pissing contest elsewhere kid

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 2:33 pm

Agree. We should bar guests posting anyway. And registered members without an email. That should keep some botherers away for a while. Thats my suggestion.

Post by **Aleister** » Sun Oct 24, 2004 4:53 pm

I have given this some thought as well..

I just don't want to discourage new people from posting, since some people may post a few things before signing up..

I guess if they really want to post, they will register.

For right now I will implement it and see how it goes.

bill · Post by **bill** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 6:06 am

In the past I've always had a clear cut idea of where I was headed with a book.
I saw the ending of the first in my head and just fit the pieces together like a puzzle. The second was a combo of number 2 and three with a cliffhanger to tie it into a new and different book3 which I felt was the ending of the trilogy as all things were laid to rest. Being asked to continue this as a series threw me for a loop and I find myself charging forward without an ending or any distinct direction. Right now my only plan is to stop writing at around 70-90 thousand words and that's the ending. I might bring back a character thought killed in book2 for shock value. Yeah I've got it, when the war for Dudael ends and Semjaza returns to the Inferno, he'll find someone new seated upon the throne of bones. cool I'm glad that I posted this, thanks.

Lagwolf · Post by **Lagwolf** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:03 am

Yeah prevent ninja spamming like my blog just recieved as well.

NickolausPacione · Post by **NickolausPacione** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 11:49 am

The recent story I am working on is more of a Rod Serling type of style as to the others which are seen here are a bit more arcaic with the voice. The new story is one that will not be a horror story per say but it will have a horror element in there. The voice I use ranges from story to story, Bill can vouch for that one when I posted on a yahoogroup.

I've had stories where I don't use characters at all to tell a story, and then there are some that I use the characters -- so it just depends on what I want with it. I can go from a Stephen King style of horror to full on Edgar Allan Poe type of horror element . This would be an example that I will post as a link for what I am referring to -- I can do surrealism as well, this is one of those examples.

I also just got done writing a holiday themed short story which isn't horror per say but some might argue some of the influecnes on it. So I am going to be linking up a story I wrote on Deviantart.com titled Accidental Ghosts. I sent this one around to some of you via email and now it is finally done.

I might end up using this one on the Class of 1994 anthology I am putting together which will be divided into multiple sections, General Fiction, Horror, Sci-Fi, True Crime, Mystery, and Creative Nonfiction. This is the one story I wrote using another style to write it, and this is far different than what is seen on site or in the Reality Check anthology. A writer can write almost anything and everything if given the right subject matter to play around with.

The Lurking Fear · Post by **The Lurking Fear** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:42 pm

I like what Nickolaus does/suggested above about writing a certain paragraph and then adding in the other parts later on. That sounds like a good idea for me to try.

Great answers from all you.

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 5:30 am

the way i often start to form a story is to write a few of the key scenes first, like the ones that might be chosen for a movie trailer. i try to think of two or three possible climaxes, or even just images, that are especially representative. this way i can record the original ideas that first inspired the story, and if it's any good it will stand the test of time as i gradually add to it and fit the pieces together as coherently as possible.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:27 am

If I have an idea, I write down a brief synopsis. years later, when I can be bothered, I start the story. Weeks pass, and I might finish a few hundred words. It's a long process.

Post by **Aleister** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:53 pm

So is replying to a post apparently... it was started 4 or so months ago!

just kidding.. I don't have much room to talk

Interesting feedback everyone!

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:46 pm

Aleister wrote:So is replying to a post apparently... it was started 4 or so months ago!

As was my reply. I redrafted and redrafted it...

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:27 pm

The best idea to get a great story is to take a wacky idea and then grow meat around it to make it logica. That's the way kelly did with "Donnie Darko". That way you can avoid predictability.

EaterOfTheDead · Post by **EaterOfTheDead** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 12:43 pm

For me it depends. Usually I will make a rough treatment with characters and general direction of the story. Then I will write a more detailed outline with more specific scenes and actions. From there I start writing the actual story. This helps me jkeep focus and not loose what I am doing. If I don't know where the story is going I tend to have a hard time going anywhere at all with it. However, sometimes a story just comes on me from nowhere and I start writing and before I know it the story is done. This generaly only happens with small peices usually no longer than 2000 words or so.

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 1:44 pm

Adrian wrote:The best idea to get a great story is to take a wacky idea and then grow meat around it to make it logica. That's the way kelly did with "Donnie Darko". That way you can avoid predictability.

Also how I wrote Reclaiming Hell 1 & 2.

The Temple of Dagon

Writing a story

Pacione

directions

Hmmmm.