What is Your Favorite Part of Writing?

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What is Your Favorite Part of Writing?

  • The actual writing 13%
  • Creating Characters 22%
  • Plotting (and scheming :D ) 9%
  • Researching the time period, culture, etc. 1%
  • Creating your own world 23%
  • Other - tell us below! 3%
  • I can't decide! Everything is just so much fun! 19%
  • Beginning a piece of work 5%
  • Ending a piece of work 5%

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ashleylee
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Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:22 am
ashleylee says... · Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:22 am
I just put the writing itself. I mean, being able to put down what you want is just a thrill. No body knows how it will turn out, and I bet even you don't when you first start writing a new piece, but that's part of the excitment.

The unknown and not knowing until your finished how it will be.

However, I've been unlucky enough to not finish anything but short stories, but I'm working towards my goal of finishing my first full-sized book :D When that happens, I can hopefully feel the accomplishment of saying "The End"
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Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:02 am
Fireweed says... · Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:02 am
I chose "the actual writing." Since I write poetry and short stories, it's the subtleties of the language itself that appeal to me the most- just the satisfaction of writing powerful phrase or a really vivid description or capturing a moment just right.
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Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:19 pm
romance otaku says... · Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:19 pm
i like just posting it and having others read it and like it ^^
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Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:13 pm
KJ says... · Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:13 pm
Finishing, absuloutely. There's no other satisfaction quite so fulfilling as when you type the final period in the final sentence. There's just accomplishement and release.

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thefireinmeisJC
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Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:23 pm
thefireinmeisJC says... · Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:23 pm
I chose everything for this one. Everything about writing is so much fun that its hard to just contain the answer to just "creating characters" or "developing the plot". Usually, the plot I initially make up changes anyway. And the characters are no longer "themselves" as they were in the beginning... :D
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Iya Ythmir
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Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:18 am
Iya Ythmir says... · Fri Dec 12, 2008 5:18 am
Writing is the best. Just writing and writing. The thrill of it is indescribable. :D
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LoveableLittleSock
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Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:07 pm
LoveableLittleSock says... · Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:07 pm
I like the actual writing itself. I life manipulating the words to change the mood of the story, and make the readers care about my characters and what's going to happen to them. I've never been any good at developing my characters or creating storylines and plots =]
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Sat Dec 13, 2008 7:37 pm
October Girl says... · Sat Dec 13, 2008 7:37 pm
what I love personally is pretty much everything I love making notes at the bottom of my pages of what I'd add or how dramatic everything will be. I love making character and hoow evetyhing will be plotted oout and I love being fun and descriptive in my work.

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Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:49 pm
Sare Agama says... · Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:49 pm
What about getting the story actually published?
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Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:19 am
niccy_v says... · Tue Dec 16, 2008 3:19 am
Creating characters, definitely. And also ending the story because that means i never have to worry about the finish ever again.

Characters won out because ending means editing and i hate editing.
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Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:49 am
Squishy says... · Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:49 am
i like being God and writing is the only way i get to do so... lol :lol:
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Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:08 am
This_is_history says... · Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:08 am
Defenitly creating characters. I love it so much, I often procrastinate on developing characters, and then forget to write my story!
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Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:49 pm
Theophany Rob says... · Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:49 pm
Creating your own space is the way to go...
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Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:55 pm
foxfire says... · Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:55 pm
Creating characters is awesome

i just love how to make them think of their own, act of their own and try to make them like real people.

plus, i got to judge what their life will be...
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Fri Dec 19, 2008 3:59 pm
Incognito says... · Fri Dec 19, 2008 3:59 pm
I absolutely adore creating characters because I love including the character development as the story progresses. I just love deciding what they where and their physical appearance just as much as the personality part. My favourite personality would have to be the arrogant selfish people. I really do enjoy writing about them.
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