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[NejinOniwa]

But you miss out on the I FINALLY FINISHED THIS THING JUST AS FUCKING PLANNED feeling. It's epic, I tell you. Epic worth it.

Speaking of which, I just translated the first chapter of my book...anyone want?

[Chocofreak13]

poast toast ^^

and i tried writing a plot beforehand once.....it turned into 13 pages of HOMIGODI'MNOTGONNAFINISHTHIS

;___;

[Krizonar]

I love having 8GB of RAM

Amen

[NejinOniwa]

poast toast ^^

and i tried writing a plot beforehand once.....it turned into 13 pages of HOMIGODI'MNOTGONNAFINISHTHIS

;___;

Will do, then.

And planning your plot is absolutely essential to your writage - what is important, however, is to do it in little bits and pieces.
When I storyboard, I normally just pop up a .txt and write down short little things about the important stuff, chapter by chapter. It doesn't necessarily have to turn out that way, but at least you have a clear viewpoint from which you can start changing things later on. For example, the initial storyboard of the first part of Mertvaya Ruka (up to ch6 since I assume you've all read this far by now, but whitetext'd to prevent spoilers):
ch1 - Enter the Dead Hand: Ruka ascends from the bunker, receives mission (and clothing).
ch2 - Hands-on approach: Sitrep, Ruka exits facility, receives equipment, crosses border into Finland and meets Linux-tan on the train to Helsinki. Takes on the cover name of "Реактор универсальной компьютера альфа", a nuclear reactor safety system, acronymed RUKA with some handy improvisation from her part.
ch3 - Raised Hand: Ruka and Linux in Helsinki, discussion on Torvalds, phone call from Git calling Linux back to Boston.
ch4 - Hand-me-down: Arrival in Boston, Ruka jetlags. Encounter with Git, Ruka uses Aftermath, explanation works.
ch5 - Crouching Player, Hidden Hand: Ruka leaves the W3C compound to join up with Linux, and is unkowingly stalked by Leopard-tan who jumps forward in time in an attempt to inform Unix of coming events before returning and continuing her surveillance. Ruka arrives just as the meeting between Linux, rms and Mister Bee concludes, with Bee staying behind while the others leave. Curious, Leopard confronts him, and is firmly disabled and relieved of the Device before she is KO:ed.

ch6 - Deadly Decadence: Ruka and Linux, during a visit to a downtown café, barely escape assassination by the hands of Colossus Mk2. They flee towards the harbor and hide from their enemy aboard a seemingly abandoned craft; however, it is revealed to be the DECade, VMS-tan's home ship, and the two are taken into custody as the ship leaves shore.

Keep in mind that there are small discrepancies between what actually happened and what's in plotmap - these are changes that I make on-the-fly and don't bother changing in the main map. If I do, however, feel like I need some more detail, I usually do a scene-by-scene map for a single chapter, like so (chapter 6, here, whitetext'd for your non-spoiling pleasure):
1: Ruka meets up with Linux. Explains about rms, Linux uneasy about being in CSAIL ("Like the air is alive"),
2: Jump to café scene, smalltalk on state of the world kinda stuff, Colossus approaching.
3: Colossus gunning, Ruka shielding Linux who's too surprised to react, Linux opens a closed space.
4: Ruka and Linux flees through the CS, pauses to rest, Colossus breaks through, Linux grip-crushed by Colossus' COLOSSUSMARKII-size hand, disintegrates CS
5: Touchdown at shipyard, Ruka carrying Linux to "that old warship", down to the harbor, hiding on the DECade.
6: Jump to VMS-tan, DECade departure, finds "stowaways" in hold. CLIFFHANGER END~
Even here on this level, we have discrepancies, but the general direction of the main plotmap and the chapter scenemap holds true throughout the chapter itself. What I usually get stuck on are the "bridges" - the events that build up for the main focus of the chapter from which things evolve (this was the reason I had to delay chapter 5 almost a month), rather than the endings - then again chapter endings are "bridges" between the chapters themselves, so it's understandable if you get into tight spots there as well.

TL;DR, the easiest solution is usually to create focal points - the harder a piece is to write, the more of them you need, and vice versa. Whether it's a long freestyle run or merely a connect-the-dots between plot points, it's up to you to decide your style; as long as you don't forget to cater to your readers. -w-

[zjhentohlauedy]

March 10 huh D:

in case i forget happy birthday choco *_*

[Chocofreak13]

yay, ty ^^

[Dr. Kraus]

Happy b-day!

[Bella]

As much as I hate to admit it, I employ the wing-it method when it comes to writing. Most of my notes/plot plans are in my head. >>;;

It's about 0˚ F. outside now, a bunch of pipes have frozen up, my feet are cold, and it took me hours to get out of bed today. Stupid cold snap. = =''

[stewartsage]

We've been hovering at 11 around the clock for the last couple of days.  Then again, don't we have a topic for this?  I stand corrected; it was -5 here this morning.

First day back to class, survived yoga and all the other classes.  Hooray.  Then came home and painted paper models of ~ten examples from RAuxAF Vampire squadrons from 1954-1957.

[NejinOniwa]

F0? I FUCKING WANT THAT STUFF. Boreas has been skimping on his work here recently, so he's exporting it? Damn illoyal bastard. Time that idiot got himself a whipping!

[Dr. Kraus]

What.
The.
Hell.
Is.
Going.
On.
In.
This.
Thread.

[NejinOniwa]

King of Winter is giving his subordinate a public disapproval. Sorry if it bothered you~

[Dr. Kraus]

Understood.

Teh servar god was just a bit confused 

[Chocofreak13]

i'm pissed. who the hell tells a poor college student w/ no job about a housing offer that's good for a week??

[Pitkin]

i'm pissed. who the hell tells a poor college student w/ no job about a housing offer that's good for a week??

Someone who believes that everyone has as much money as them? >.<