#44105 - 12/15/09 06:12 PM
Stroke it NOW... or Slow Character Build...
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Hunterguy
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This is not a question about what style is preferred. It is more a question about how to make the transition from one style to the other.
I write with the slow character build approach and most of the time I am quite content to use that style. However, I often get a story idea that I think should fit the Stroke style and begin tap tap tapping at my keyboard, and before I know it I have 2,000 words written and still no sex. I guess it has a lot to do with my own personality, I prefer to get to know people before I open up, thus I tend to write the same way.
There have been many attempts to get straight to the sex, and while I have succeeded, at the same time I will struggle to keep it a short story.
So tell me then, if you write stroke what is going through your mind as you write your story?
Are you thinking about the Sex, thus placing yourself in the action, rather than thinking about your would be partner? As it realtes to the story's characters that is.
Are you drawing strictly from experience?
Are you usually in an aroused state before you start to write? Or does the writing lead to your arousal?
Or can you seperate yourself from the story thus avoiding arousal as you write?
Is it easier to write STROKE in the first person context? I think it might be since it was the perspective that I had the most success with. But I would like to hear your views.
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Hunterguy
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#44203 - 12/17/09 03:47 AM
Re: Stroke it NOW... or Slow Character Build...
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CharmBrights
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... There have been many attempts to get straight to the sex, and while I have succeeded, at the same time I will struggle to keep it a short story. ...
... So tell me then, if you write stroke what is going through your mind as you write your story? ...
... Are you thinking about the Sex, thus placing yourself in the action, rather than thinking about your would be partner? As it relates to the story's characters that is. ...
... Are you drawing strictly from experience? ...
... Are you usually in an aroused state before you start to write? ...
... Or does the writing lead to your arousal? ...
... Or can you seperate yourself from the story thus avoiding arousal as you write? ...
... Is it easier to write STROKE in the first person context? I think it might be since it was the perspective that I had the most success with. But I would like to hear your views.
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#44226 - 12/17/09 10:19 AM
Re: Stroke it NOW... or Slow Character Build...
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Hunterguy
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As always Charmbrights, your comments and views are greatly appreciated.
When I am drawing on pure creativity, writing fiction, I find myself unaroused as I write, and prefer it as well. Separating myself from the story allows the words to flow without so many errors. :-) Which makes editing far less laborious.
I can appreciate that when writing fictional novels it may be difficult to draw from one's own experience, such as you have mentioned. That said my question/curiosity was/is more about writing, what is referred to as, STROKE styled short stories.
Your final remark is of great value to me. I understand that writing in the first person context can be more difficult than the third person perspective. However, as you have noted for commercialization of a story, perspective maybe more important than when simply writing for pleasure. I find that I can tell the story better in the thrid person than I can in the first. So your remark relieves some of my concern on perspectives.
Thank you for remarks.
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Hunter Guy
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#44238 - 12/17/09 01:58 PM
Re: Stroke it NOW... or Slow Character Build...
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holdmedownnow
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Hi i am new to this so if i am writing out of turn tell me!
i write usually from personal experience and in the first person. As a writer i find it hard to do the slow character building bit, i'm always thinking about the actual event, the action. my stories hardly ever have any background detail, just the actual scene i am describing. straight to the sex really!
I'm not sure what STROKE writing is but it sounds like how i write. i have the story in my head that i want to write about, i pick a point from where i want the story to start, usually just as the action starts, and i go from there.
I usually have one sitting where i get the whole thing written down, as much as i can remember.
If while i am writing i find something needs to be explained or described in more detail i usually go back a day or two after and add those bits in. Then i go back a few more times and tidy it up, spelling, gramer, etc.
i have to say though because of the things i write about, my own experiences, that yes i am usually aroused as i write the first draft of the story. then less so each time i have to go back to the point that by the time i am finished i am tired of the sight of it!
I'm not new to writing stories but i am new to writing them for public eyes so the way i write may change as i learn but at the moment, that is how i do it.
Hope that helps some and sorry if i got the gist of your question wrong!
Luci x
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