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With my story (Uncrossed Stars FTW!!!), I write all my favourite bits first and then do the inbetween parts. Does anyone else write that way? With all of my other stories I've started from the beginning and worked it through from there and that never worked out. But now I'm using that technique, I've written nearly 85 pages so far and over 48,000 words (only 52,000 to go! XD).
Sorry, this is a really stupid thread (what can I say, I'm a n00b!) but I was just wondering if anyone else writes like that.
Actually, just to add, I'm very unorthodox and I didn't plan Uncrossed Stars either. Most of the ideas I just randomly thought of whilst walking somewhere and probably my most important plot detail came to me in a P.E. lesson, lol.
Are my ways of writing awful and is my story doomed to unfinishedom (that's a pretty cool fake word)?

Well I'll skip ahead sometimes if I'm stuck, but I wouldnt just write my favorite parts first. I'd get too confused. But yeah, i never plan my stories really. I mean once I have a plot and characters I just write.
But I'm sort of liking writing my favorite parts first and doing inbetween stuff later...Maybe I'll try that out sometime. I'll let you know.

Actually, I do something similar - I write scenes that are BEGGING to be written, then figure out how to work up to them. (I usually end up rewriting them a little, though!)

I sort of do this, but mostly accidentally. Like I write a part then realise I don't want it in until later on so I just put it in another file and carry on from where I was meant to be ^_~ it's a pretty weird way to do it I guess... but whatever gets the job done! As long as you're writing then it can't be wrong ^__^

If it works for you, it works for you. It's not the way of writing, generally, but the writing itself and plot that keeps it going. If this works better, and you've got this far, it is likely this is working with you. I, personally, do not do this. I can't even imagine it! I write everything in order, never missing out a bit, never adding anything if I think of it later, instead leaving until the re-write/second draft.

Maybe I should try this some time. But I doubt I will. Sounds to confusing. I think in a disorganised way, but write in order.

I do that sometimes. When I realize it, I can't think of how to fix it and I have no choice but to stop the story.

As of the most important plot detail in the middle of PE, that happens to me all the time. Generally in Math, though, when I can't manage to concentrate anyway. I don't think me whinning "But I just had a part of my story come to me!" would go over real well.

What I've been doing is writing the story from start to finish, but then if I think of another part that's far off, occasionally I'll write that, so that I keep the story going in the right direction. I never, ever, ever, plan my stories from start to finish before I write them. Usually it just comes as I write.

Meh, I've pseudo-written one story this way, but the reason only "pseudo" is I would write the juicy scenes, but not those that led up to them, so I never actually wrote the entire thing.

I tend to write the entire thing from start to finish. It helps me think and it gives me something to look forward to, since I know that a good scene will be coming up soon.

Like Gryph, I think if I only wrote my favorite parts, I would never finish the book. *shrug* Plus it gives me something to look forward to if I'm excited to write a scene later in the novel.

I'm beginning to feel like an OCD writer. I always HAVE to write my story in order. After I've written it, I may go and add things in between. I don't know. I'm beginning to think I should experiment with this sort of thing.

I do this all the time. If I have a good plot idea in my head, and perfect characters to match them, sometimes I daydream up random scenes. So I just write down the scenes that come to me no matter what point of the plot they're in. Really, I think it is better to write this way, because your writing is better when it comes naturally, rather than forcing yourself to work through it in order. I know Stephenie Meyer said that for the last three books of the series, she wrote this way. But the only way it works is if you have an outline, or at least a very good idea of what's going to happen from beginning to end, that way you can just fit the scenes you write in like a puzzle. If you're unorganized, everything just tends to fall everywhere. This has happened to me as well. x_x

I think the only time I actually started at the beginning and didn't skip around for a novel was for NaNoWriMo. Unfortunately, that novel never became anything other than a draft because my plot was incomplete and I had no idea how I was going to end it. I didn't really plan that story at all, anyway. Heh... but it was good writing practice.

Ahh, now I'm rambling. Well, in case you thought tl;dr, my point is that a lot of people write like that and it's not odd at all. If it works for you, go for it.

I guess I am weird then, haha.
I know pretty much what's going to happen - I've written the beginning and the ending and most of the stuff in between, but sometimes random ideas pop up and I incorporate them into my story.
Like yesterday, I came up with a completely brand new character and I absolutely adore him.

No, but I've tried it. I tend to get confused. But I don't ever use a Pre-Write of any kind. You know, brainstorming or anything. I just write, and most of the time it doesn't even have much of a plot. And then I just edit the crap out of it. Then, I compare what I started out with and the final product to look at how far I've come.

If I wrote all my favourite parts first, then I would be bored to tears writing all the boring junk after. Like I said, I'd get confused. I'm very organized in the first place, so changing the order of everything would just get me so confused.

I always write the end before I begin. If it worked for J.K Rowling, it works for me. Then I go through things like character outlines, theme, what the places and landmarks are going to be called, what sort of atmosphere and music would best suit my story.

Then I write out all the key pieces- and put it all together like a big jigsaw.

It works magically, I assure you.

Ooh! Just had a random plot-related epiphany.
How cool.