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Wouldn't you rather have a nice cup of tea?
First I slice my finger with a rusty knife blessed by Satan. Then I scrawl out a rough draft on the back of a coaster from a Hell's Angels dive bar (I have to write really small to fit it all in). After that, I knock back six shots of bottom-shelf whiskey and pick a fight with a helicopter. Only after I have emerged victorious from battle, do I consume another six shots of alcohol and return to the story to flesh it out (and by flesh it out, I mean that I write in the blood and guts of the vanquished infidels who stupidly insisted on protecting the helicopter who is my enemy). I then proof-read for spelling and grammar, sacrifice two goats, seven snakes, a killer whale, and a virgin, in order to invoke Satanic blessings upon my story before submitting it to the mods for approval.
I'm not saying it's the only way to write, or even the best way to write, but that's my process.
I'm not saying it's the only way to write, or even the best way to write, but that's my process.
Don't believe everything that you read.
Keyboard and MS Word.
I've just started using speech synthesis software to read it back - it's really improved the final edit. Free software here: http://www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm
I've just started using speech synthesis software to read it back - it's really improved the final edit. Free software here: http://www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm
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Telekinesis. I manipulate individual bits in my computer to match the story I imagine. Sometimes I also mess with Beffer's Ouija board.IqsuizKWFfq2Sj49
See why my output has dropped?? (You're not getting collaborator credit, buster!)
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That's a great tip
You are most welcome
This software is free, the voice is a bit robotic but.... it's free
It doesn't struggle with certain words either....http://www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm
Old Bag Of Bones
I write everything in Word and then use the Read Aloud feature. I throw on my headsets and listen for the flow of the story as well as missing words. I also listen for mispronounced words and double check spelling and context. It seems to work well for me. Its like someone else is telling me the story.
Remember to check out a few of my stories. You can find them here.
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For those who like a change and prefer something a little more PG, check out my stories on Storiespace.
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In the sand on various beaches in the UAE.
Testing The Waters.
I write too much fantasy for voice recognition to write for me. It chokes on all those weird fantasy names and terms. I write in Wordperfect, because that's what my primary editor uses, which makes it easier for both of us.
I'm an "edit as you go" type. I have much of the story planned out beforehand, and muse through scenes while at work. Whenever I pause for some reason, I tend to read back through either the whole story, or the last several scenes, depending upon how long the story is. I end up making corrections and tweaks during this process. By the time I type the last line of the first draft, there's little but minor tweaks left. If something isn't working for some reason, I don't make it to that last line until it is.
Optimally, I leave the story to simmer for at least a couple of days after completing the first draft and write other things, to get the story out of my head. Then I change the font size and face to something radically different from what I write in, and read through the whole story.
Once that's done, I run it through the grammar checkers in both Wordperfect and Word. There's enough difference in the way they work that I tend to catch things in both runs.
Some stories get run through an online grammar/style tool. I used to run everything through it, but they changed the free-to-use version to a severely limited word count, which dilutes what I primarily used it for — repeated words and phrases. If I'm ever back in a place where I have the disposable cash to utilize the commercial version, I probably will, because it was quite helpful in catching my repetitions.
Some stories, such as my Magic of the Wood stories, have first readers who give me impressions and thoughts on the storyline and characters. I make changes based upon those impressions, pass it back to my first reader, see what they think of the modifications, and may again make tweaks until we're reasonably happy with the results.
I may repeat the editing steps above, if there have been significant enough changes following the first reader process.
Then I run everything through text-to-speech. I almost always catch something every other step has missed when I do this. Clumsy turns of phrase and typos stick out like sore thumbs when a voice is reading them back to you.
Finally, I pass it off to my editor. Most of the time, he has only minor tweaks that I completely agree with, and this is the final step. I let him know it's going live as suggested. Occasionally, we may pass the document back and forth a couple of times, but it doesn't happen often. My goal is to send the cleanest copy possible, to limit the amount of time necessary to review it.
To me, editing is as much a part of the process as getting the words out of my brain into the computer.
I'm an "edit as you go" type. I have much of the story planned out beforehand, and muse through scenes while at work. Whenever I pause for some reason, I tend to read back through either the whole story, or the last several scenes, depending upon how long the story is. I end up making corrections and tweaks during this process. By the time I type the last line of the first draft, there's little but minor tweaks left. If something isn't working for some reason, I don't make it to that last line until it is.
Optimally, I leave the story to simmer for at least a couple of days after completing the first draft and write other things, to get the story out of my head. Then I change the font size and face to something radically different from what I write in, and read through the whole story.
Once that's done, I run it through the grammar checkers in both Wordperfect and Word. There's enough difference in the way they work that I tend to catch things in both runs.
Some stories get run through an online grammar/style tool. I used to run everything through it, but they changed the free-to-use version to a severely limited word count, which dilutes what I primarily used it for — repeated words and phrases. If I'm ever back in a place where I have the disposable cash to utilize the commercial version, I probably will, because it was quite helpful in catching my repetitions.
Some stories, such as my Magic of the Wood stories, have first readers who give me impressions and thoughts on the storyline and characters. I make changes based upon those impressions, pass it back to my first reader, see what they think of the modifications, and may again make tweaks until we're reasonably happy with the results.
I may repeat the editing steps above, if there have been significant enough changes following the first reader process.
Then I run everything through text-to-speech. I almost always catch something every other step has missed when I do this. Clumsy turns of phrase and typos stick out like sore thumbs when a voice is reading them back to you.
Finally, I pass it off to my editor. Most of the time, he has only minor tweaks that I completely agree with, and this is the final step. I let him know it's going live as suggested. Occasionally, we may pass the document back and forth a couple of times, but it doesn't happen often. My goal is to send the cleanest copy possible, to limit the amount of time necessary to review it.
To me, editing is as much a part of the process as getting the words out of my brain into the computer.
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I'm an Old School writer. I write my stories in cuneiform in Sumerian and then have scholars translate them for me. Unfortunately, most people who can read Sumerian are biblical scholars, so I usually have to find a new scholar every time I write a new story. I then wait until they publish the translations in obscure journals, get someone to scan them in and use OCR on them, and then upload the files.
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First I slice my finger with a rusty knife blessed by Satan. Then I scrawl out a rough draft on the back of a coaster from a Hell's Angels dive bar (I have to write really small to fit it all in). After that, I knock back six shots of bottom-shelf whiskey and pick a fight with a helicopter. Only after I have emerged victorious from battle, do I consume another six shots of alcohol and return to the story to flesh it out (and by flesh it out, I mean that I write in the blood and guts of the vanquished infidels who stupidly insisted on protecting the helicopter who is my enemy). I then proof-read for spelling and grammar, sacrifice two goats, seven snakes, a killer whale, and a virgin, in order to invoke Satanic blessings upon my story before submitting it to the mods for approval.
I'm not saying it's the only way to write, or even the best way to write, but that's my process.
Yeah ... you've been tutored by SPRITE ... this IS her style???
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I do not consider myself an author, not really. I tell stories. I don't write them. I start with the idea I had for the plot, then I make notes on characters, places, other important things I want in the story. I use that info to tell the story and record it onto a little digital voice recorder. Then I transcribe the story into OpenOffice Writer (an open source version of Office). Then I go back through the story and clean it up for spelling, grammar, and punctuation (the reasons I am not a real author lol). I ask a few friends to read and critique, then fix it to that critique. The last thing is to use Grammarly when I put the story into the submission form, for one last check. If there are changes I copy it then fix the file I have on my computer so they match. Finally, submit it and wait to find out what I didn't fix (lol).
I would love to use speech to text to start but can't afford the software. Now I need a text to speech program to get that final audio edit. Sounds like a great idea. Checking it the way I start it, with audio.
My question is,. how do you get past a block ...... HELP
Ciao
I would love to use speech to text to start but can't afford the software. Now I need a text to speech program to get that final audio edit. Sounds like a great idea. Checking it the way I start it, with audio.
My question is,. how do you get past a block ...... HELP
Ciao
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Ah, fun and funny answers...
Okay, here goes. I usually jump in my FTL drive space car and head out from the solar system at 10x light speed. I would do 12x but then the engine has a habit of seizing up. So I keep it at 10x. Then every 12 parsecs, *wink wink* I stop and listen to the RF signals from earth. You can learn a lot out there. After about 20 hops I have enough recorded to make up a great story. I jump back to earth sit in front of my computer and started typing. Of course what comes out of my fingers is not always what I recorded way, way out there.
Real answer...
I get an idea, type out a shore synopsis then either expand on it right then or do it later. By the time I start to really write it, I know the beginning and the end of the story, I write those, then start pounding away at the keyboard. Of course the middle doesn't always match up with the ending and I either have to go back and rewrite it or just write a new ending based on what the out of control characters got themselves into.
Okay, here goes. I usually jump in my FTL drive space car and head out from the solar system at 10x light speed. I would do 12x but then the engine has a habit of seizing up. So I keep it at 10x. Then every 12 parsecs, *wink wink* I stop and listen to the RF signals from earth. You can learn a lot out there. After about 20 hops I have enough recorded to make up a great story. I jump back to earth sit in front of my computer and started typing. Of course what comes out of my fingers is not always what I recorded way, way out there.
Real answer...
I get an idea, type out a shore synopsis then either expand on it right then or do it later. By the time I start to really write it, I know the beginning and the end of the story, I write those, then start pounding away at the keyboard. Of course the middle doesn't always match up with the ending and I either have to go back and rewrite it or just write a new ending based on what the out of control characters got themselves into.
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I would love to use speech to text to start but can't afford the software. Now I need a text to speech program to get that final audio edit. Sounds like a great idea. Checking it the way I start it, with audio.
My question is,. how do you get past a block ...... HELP
Ciao
If you have a smart phone you have both a speech to text and a text to speech app already. Well at least on an Android phone.
Getting past a block.
I usually sit down and just open a word doc, then start typing what comes into my head/mind. Sometimes it just garbage, in fact most of the time it is, but it gets me thinking about what I should be writing. Other times I start reading other peoples works. Sometimes it help to get me wanting to work on my own stuff and tickles my mind to focus.
i usually write with both pencil/pen and paper and on my computer. that;s how it usually works for me.,
Ungovernable
Before installing Grammarly, I'd use Tumblr drafts to start my stories and then transfer them to the Lush editor as they fleshed out. For the upcoming two, I've gone back and forth between Grammarly and the Lush edit page.
All of my poems started with handwritten lines in a bedside notebook. The best lines, imho, almost always came first.
All of my poems started with handwritten lines in a bedside notebook. The best lines, imho, almost always came first.
Marx Sister
Well, I definitely type my stories out in one of a number of word processors or text editors, depending on my needs at the moment. As a note, I know literally no writers who do their writing via voice translation software. I suppose I get how it would be useful if you were just wanting to make a few notes or a thought or a paragraph down while commuting to work or something, but in general I would find it way too cumbersome and unwieldy a method of recording my thoughts.
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All of my poems started with handwritten lines in a bedside notebook. The best lines, imho, almost always came first.
Coming first is a good thing.
I make myself write everyday. I try for 300 words, don't always get there, but I usually make myself write something. I use a free MS Word clone called LibreOffice that I quite like. Finish it, fuck with it endlessly, then post, fuck with it some more after posting.
If I don't write nearly every day I don't get new ideas. I get ideas for what to write by writing.
Her Royal Spriteness
i get my ideas at night when i'm sort of half way asleep, write them down on my bedside journal, and then write something that has nothing to do with them.
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Old Bag Of Bones
I try to get my stories from real life. I see something that happens to someone or maybe a picture sparks an idea. I then write it up in Word and then scan it with Grammarly to find my mistakes, then listen to it in Word with read aloud. By the time I finish it, I think it is pretty good and send it in.
My ideas flow from my mind and onto the paper so to speak. I was asked once if I use an outline, no I don't. An outline for me makes it too hard to let the story flow naturally. What I mean is that let's say I see a picture of Sprite in rubber and tied up. My mind would go into overdrive and have to write about her being sexually satisfied in my underground chamber. Of course, the real backstory would be how I got her there in the first place. But the story would be great since she would be enjoying every second of the torture my wife would be giving to her.
You see, I was told once by a story guru to find my voice and style. I guess you can say I did. I always put in a twist somewhere in the story that wouldn't normally be there in a cliche one. So I am slowly becoming the King of twists. LOL. Maybe someday anyway.
My ideas flow from my mind and onto the paper so to speak. I was asked once if I use an outline, no I don't. An outline for me makes it too hard to let the story flow naturally. What I mean is that let's say I see a picture of Sprite in rubber and tied up. My mind would go into overdrive and have to write about her being sexually satisfied in my underground chamber. Of course, the real backstory would be how I got her there in the first place. But the story would be great since she would be enjoying every second of the torture my wife would be giving to her.
You see, I was told once by a story guru to find my voice and style. I guess you can say I did. I always put in a twist somewhere in the story that wouldn't normally be there in a cliche one. So I am slowly becoming the King of twists. LOL. Maybe someday anyway.
Remember to check out a few of my stories. You can find them here.
https://www.lushstories.com/profile/Jimwillhavefun/stories
For those who like a change and prefer something a little more PG, check out my stories on Storiespace.
https://www.storiesspace.com/profile/Jimwillhavefun/stories
Ungovernable
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I make myself write everyday. I try for 300 words, don't always get there, but I usually make myself write something. I use a free MS Word clone called LibreOffice that I quite like. Finish it, fuck with it endlessly, then post, fuck with it some more after posting.
If I don't write nearly every day I don't get new ideas. I get ideas for what to write by writing.
It works! The writing every day part, I mean. Especially the 'fuck with it endlessly' / 'fuck with it some more' parts. It really works!
Troublemaker
Enjoying this thread, interesting to see what others do. A million different things spark ideas for me, at any given moment, conversations, pictures, emotions or real life experiences. I have little scraps of paper every where with either a sentence or two or even a few words, all over the place. I occasionally (almost never) consolidate these into a WORD document. For the most part I write using WORD but I also write on pads of paper once in a while. I'll often 'write' fairly detailed outlines in my head before I start typing. These and other stories I start often go wildly astray.
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First I slice my finger with a rusty knife blessed by Satan. Then I scrawl out a rough draft on the back of a coaster from a Hell's Angels dive bar (I have to write really small to fit it all in). After that, I knock back six shots of bottom-shelf whiskey and pick a fight with a helicopter. Only after I have emerged victorious from battle, do I consume another six shots of alcohol and return to the story to flesh it out (and by flesh it out, I mean that I write in the blood and guts of the vanquished infidels who stupidly insisted on protecting the helicopter who is my enemy). I then proof-read for spelling and grammar, sacrifice two goats, seven snakes, a killer whale, and a virgin, in order to invoke Satanic blessings upon my story before submitting it to the mods for approval.
I'm not saying it's the only way to write, or even the best way to write, but that's my process.
Where could one purchase such a thing? Asking for a friend.
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Please check out my new story, co-written with the amazing Wilful.
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/straight-sex/long-time-coming.aspx
And my latest poem, The Temptation.
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/erotic-poems/the-temptation.aspx
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I use word and grammerly and write on my laptop. I normal work on one idea at a time but currently have 4 stories started all are so far over 3000 words. I also have a few verses of a poem on my phone as the lines tend to come to me when driving to and from work. Currently I am writing very slowly.
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Well my biggest problem is that I think at 300wpm but I type at 30! So my process is that I come up with an idea for a story - sometimes I get them from pics I've seen, sometimes just in day to day running around. Then because I am usually not around my computer when "inspiration" hits (or I can't type fast enough) I have to run the story through my head over and over to work out the details. When I finally do get it down on "paper", using WordPad. I run it through Grammarly a couple times to make sure I've caught as many mistakes as I can then I read through it trying to make sure my punctuation is correct and I haven't put in the wrong word (such as his when I mean him).
When that is all done I put a circle of salt around me and my computer and light incense to keep the evil spirits away until the mods approve the story!
When that is all done I put a circle of salt around me and my computer and light incense to keep the evil spirits away until the mods approve the story!
I almost always start on my iPhone6. Sometimes, I'll even write entire stories on it.
For example, Blueberries, my most recent competition entry, was written entirely on my phone.
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/college-sex/blueberries.aspx
I usually e-mail it to myself, edit and proof it on my computer, and then submit accordingly.
However, when I'm on vacation, or away from my computer for an extended time, I write, select
a photo, edit, proof, and post all completely from my phone. One story like that that immediately
comes to mind is linked below.
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/group-sex/beach-time-means-sex.aspx
When I write, I usually get ideas and document them on my phone. If the idea is so strong, and it
motivates me to write, I recline or lay down, and just start writing on my phone.
However, if the story is a collection of ideas that I've been adding over a period of time, I'll then sit
at the computer and amalgamate my thoughts into something. The current series, How Far Do We Go?
is a prime example of that. I've been collecting ideas for a few years.
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/cuckold/how-far-do-we-go-ch-1.aspx
For example, Blueberries, my most recent competition entry, was written entirely on my phone.
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/college-sex/blueberries.aspx
I usually e-mail it to myself, edit and proof it on my computer, and then submit accordingly.
However, when I'm on vacation, or away from my computer for an extended time, I write, select
a photo, edit, proof, and post all completely from my phone. One story like that that immediately
comes to mind is linked below.
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/group-sex/beach-time-means-sex.aspx
When I write, I usually get ideas and document them on my phone. If the idea is so strong, and it
motivates me to write, I recline or lay down, and just start writing on my phone.
However, if the story is a collection of ideas that I've been adding over a period of time, I'll then sit
at the computer and amalgamate my thoughts into something. The current series, How Far Do We Go?
is a prime example of that. I've been collecting ideas for a few years.
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/cuckold/how-far-do-we-go-ch-1.aspx
Gravelly-Voiced Fucker
Quote by Ping
I almost always start on my iPhone6. Sometimes, I'll even write entire stories on it.
For example, Blueberries, my most recent competition entry, was written entirely on my phone.
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/college-sex/blueberries.aspx
I usually e-mail it to myself, edit and proof it on my computer, and then submit accordingly.
However, when I'm on vacation, or away from my computer for an extended time, I write, select
a photo, edit, proof, and post all completely from my phone. One story like that that immediately
comes to mind is linked below.
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/group-sex/beach-time-means-sex.aspx
When I write, I usually get ideas and document them on my phone. If the idea is so strong, and it
motivates me to write, I recline or lay down, and just start writing on my phone.
However, if the story is a collection of ideas that I've been adding over a period of time, I'll then sit
at the computer and amalgamate my thoughts into something. The current series, How Far Do We Go?
is a prime example of that. I've been collecting ideas for a few years.
https://www.lushstories.com/stories/cuckold/how-far-do-we-go-ch-1.aspx
You write stories on your phone!? It takes me ten minutes to compose a text on my phone!
On my laptop always. Usually at my desk, but I have written in bed, in the tub, waiting to pick up the kids from school, the waiting room at the doctors....
I should also clarify my previous post here: I try to write 300 words a day when I am actively working on a story. I can go through weeks of slothfulness between projects though.
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Pen and paper first.
Type out in MS Word second.
Edit the fuck out of it third.
Submit to site(s) or post to blog(s) fourth.
Repeat
Type out in MS Word second.
Edit the fuck out of it third.
Submit to site(s) or post to blog(s) fourth.
Repeat
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