I write poetry and short essays. I’ve had times I came up with the title first, and times I didn’t come up with a title until some time after I finished it. I’ve also had times I wrote the middle first.
Spoiler alert from someone who has edited or graded hundreds of manuscripts. The first chapter of most first novels is almost always deleted anyway. Just cut off the inner critic and write the dang novel.
Ahh… the curse of terseness. Sometimes I can be verbose making comments here. But, when it comes to purposely writing anything longer, my brain shuts off after the initial beginning, middle and end ideas are put down. Suddenly, everyone was run over by a truck. the end
Argythree about 3 years ago
This sounds depressingly familiar…
RAGs about 3 years ago
I write poetry and short essays. I’ve had times I came up with the title first, and times I didn’t come up with a title until some time after I finished it. I’ve also had times I wrote the middle first.
P51Strega about 3 years ago
‘Z’
Start with that, by the time you come up with the rest of the title, the story will have written itself.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 3 years ago
“A”
B UTTONS about 3 years ago
Is there a T?
The Thought Not Written Is The Thought …
Darn I forgot what I was thinking
marilynnbyerly about 3 years ago
Spoiler alert from someone who has edited or graded hundreds of manuscripts. The first chapter of most first novels is almost always deleted anyway. Just cut off the inner critic and write the dang novel.
l3i7l about 3 years ago
Ahh… the curse of terseness. Sometimes I can be verbose making comments here. But, when it comes to purposely writing anything longer, my brain shuts off after the initial beginning, middle and end ideas are put down. Suddenly, everyone was run over by a truck. the end
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 3 years ago
Just write it first instead of expecting it to be perfection first instead of last. Save the rejections you have too