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Sep
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The Things That Make a Good Story... · 9:45pm Sep 12th, 2012

No, it's not about character development.

No, it's not about plot.

And no, it's not about flowery prose.

It's actually all about the hot chocolate and the pack of marshmallows, and on colder nights maybe a good cider.

What about you guys? What do you find gets you in that writing mood?

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I rarely get a straight up 'writing mood'. But when I do it's because I just ate a good dinner, read a good fic and then I do something weird... no, not clop, I do that afterwards. I put on my headphones and lay on the couch, facing the ceiling, listen to music that would fit the mood of my story. Concentrate, Brainstorm, rest.

Have two windows open, an online thesaurus and microsoft word and then get myself to work! :pinkiehappy: But I always get the homework and gaming and other fun stuff out of my system first.

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Having a good dinner in you always makes for a good mood. :pinkiehappy:
Though, after you've done all that, do you still have time to do any writing?

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Well I don't normally get that much sleep anyways because I'm always waking up early every day, so I'l spend an hour max on the fic. But when it's the weekend...

Oh Celestia y'all better watch out.

Cuz' that's when I have all the time in the world! Get me a glass of chocolate milk and a comfy-ass seat and words be printing themselves on that page. I find backtracking a hassle though... do you do that?

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My mind is currently mush this morning, so forgive me this, but... backtracking?

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you know, proof-reading. Unless you have people that do that for you. Check for plot holes, spelling errors, all that bad stuff and then correct it.

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Depends on the piece. If it's experimental or jokey or just for fun, then I'd proofread it. If it was more serious then I'd get it reviewed on Ponychan's /fic/ board.

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