Tuesday 16 April 2013

A-Z Of Writing - N


I'm not talking about spouses or partners nagging us to get off the computer. This is more like my earlier Daydreaming post. There is always a character or story in my head, nagging to be put on paper. Having just finished a book, I'm planning the next one and am hoping to start writing it soon but already a new story is nagging at me. Not that I mind. Perhaps nagging is too strong a word. I like having those stories up there. I can't imagine what it would be like if they suddenly stopped - apart from it being even more boring when I can't sleep and have no plots to ponder.

Are you nagged by stories?

 
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22 comments:

  1. I have wonderful ideas at bedtime, they always seem ridiculous in the morning though!

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    1. Bedtime ideas are always wonderful - but then morning always make seem rubbish or I forget my amazing idea and feel frustrated. Can't win.

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  2. I find if I note down the nagging idea on paper or in a file so I can deal with it later, that frees up my mind not to think about it so much.

    mood
    Moody Writing
    #atozchallenge

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    1. This helps me too (and stops me forgetting details).

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  3. Nagging of characters is good.

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    1. I think so - my head would be empty without them.

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  4. I wish! ;P Most of the time, I have a story and it doesn't nag...it just steeps. Most times, I have to force the words to come. But they come, slowly. I need to stop with the "perfectionist the first time" attitude. Maybe that's why they don't nag me.

    Jai

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    1. I'm definitely not a perfectionist first time kind of person.

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  5. Yes! Those ideas are worth poking at to get them to nag some more. Otherwise, what would we write about?

    :)

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    1. What would I *think* about without them nagging?

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  6. They seem to have dried up for now....Im a bit worried I wont get rebooted!

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  7. Usually one tugs more than most, being all domineering and drowning out the others. So I have to write it to get it out!

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    1. I get this at times too. Only really becomes a problem when I'm in the middle of writing a book and another one is shouting to be heard, drowning out the original story.

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  8. It's been a while since a story has nagged at me--but I've definitely experienced it in the past.

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    1. I bet we'd seem mad to people who have never experienced it.

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  9. Oh my goodness - am I nagged by stories - you bet! It's why I have so many little stories about my Princelings world in the A to Z this year. At least it gets bits of them down on paper. But then new bits suddenly turn up - like the story for V which takes us off in a whole new direction!
    So much to do, so little time!
    Happy A to Z-ing!
    Jemima at Jemima's blog

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    1. I definitely need more time to get everything down!

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  10. Sometimes I wish characters and stories would stop nagging at me so I can sleep! I do find it hard to turn off at night, especially when I've hit a writing problem that needs to be solved. Better to have an active mind though than nothing worth thinking about!

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    1. It is difficult to switch off at times. We need a volume control at least.

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  11. I would feel SO alone in life if I didn't have stories constantly "nagging" me! I can relate!

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    1. It would be strange if they stopped, wouldn't it?

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