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Writing

Chan790

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1. For me, yes.

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Thu May 30, 2013, 11:56 AM

May 2013

My process being different. I write screenplay...it's easiest to write Act II last*...but yeah, it takes me about 4x longer to write the middle-third. Then you read for continuity and rewrite. Then a last edit and format.

*-so you know where you're coming from and where you're going and just have to get there from here. Some people write backwards. Almost nobody writes beginning-to-end.

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Experienced authors - is last month, last section procrastination typical? [View all] NRaleighLiberal May 2013 OP

For me, yes. Chan790 May 2013 #1

I wrote my first (short, 115 pages) novel in a pretty much A-to-B fashion, with minimal rewriting. nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #3

Are you kidding? kag May 2013 #2

for me, it is the middle gejohnston Jun 2013 #4

Even when you know the ending PATRICK Jun 2013 #5