For OUTS, I had the whole concept already planned out in my mind before I started writing. I did make some changes along the way, and added and subtracted things.
I was targetting about 75k in words for the first full segment of the story, I.E. everything prior to 2400.0.
The segment, originally intended as one chapter, tells the back story and provides hints of other stories that I have tried to intertwind with the over all story. You know, to add a bit of drama and mystery to the story.
In retrospect, I wish I would have started the story off differantly and filled in some of the technobable a bit more carefully and explaining things more clearly, but what the hell, live and learn I guess. I can always rewrite the beginning.
It is a rewarding experience to read peoples thought and comments on your work. I am an amature and my grammer and spelling skills are not all that great so writing is also a learning experience for me.
I guess the point to writing is just to write and let your thoughts flow. It can be a lot of fun, but typing for hours on end can be a bit much at times.
I do most of my writing in the morning from midnight to about 5 am.
I like the night because it is peaceful and relaxing. No phone calls, no unexpected visitors, no intruptions, and no noise.
SEIV is such a great platform for creative writing that Aaron should list is as one of the game features. I wish that all of the stories generated by this game could be polished up and put on the SE V CD for people to read.
In fact, it would be a great if some of us could write for SE V the game.
