Matthew Poehler
I don't write sequentially. I sketch my outline, generate my characters, and get the structure of where I'm coming from and then going to nailed down.
Then I write as inspiration takes me, all over the place. Sketched grow to ideas, and those grow to scenes and chapters.
I will start with a sequence of bullet point ideas. Sort them to sequence for a chapter, and expand on them until it matched my mental film strip. Then the text flows and at that stage I can write a 1000 words an hour.
Don't edit as you're doing it. Get it all out and then leave it alone for a day and then edit. Even then, don't stop. When you're on a roll, surf that wave. When it drops out, go back to note taking. Everything is progress!
If you can't write, read something in the vein of what you are working on and let someone else's imagination spark yours.
Then I write as inspiration takes me, all over the place. Sketched grow to ideas, and those grow to scenes and chapters.
I will start with a sequence of bullet point ideas. Sort them to sequence for a chapter, and expand on them until it matched my mental film strip. Then the text flows and at that stage I can write a 1000 words an hour.
Don't edit as you're doing it. Get it all out and then leave it alone for a day and then edit. Even then, don't stop. When you're on a roll, surf that wave. When it drops out, go back to note taking. Everything is progress!
If you can't write, read something in the vein of what you are working on and let someone else's imagination spark yours.
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