dhampyresa

Hmmm, it's hard to express in words how I think. For stories, I usually start with a specific line of dialogue, or image, or idea (the idea can be something like "how does this character deal with winning the lottery?" or "what if they moved to Nevada?", so it can be pretty big), and then I work backwards and forwards to get the character/s up to that point, and then how things would fall out afterwards. I tend to be interested in characterization and relationships (not necessarily romantic, just the ways people understand and interact with one another) more than plot or setting, though sometimes I'll be really caught by a theme as well. I'm not at all visual (even though I do like describing visual images in stories a lot) and pretty much never "see" pictures in my head when I'm reading or writing. I think part of that's because I'm mildly face-blind, and so I never really have a clear image of what anyone should look like anyway, and that ends up extending to the rest of my imagination. I think a lot about the rhythm and sort of... poetry of writing; like, I'll spend ages rewriting sentences to get them to flow better, or rearranging paragraphs to be sure that there's a good balance between short and long sentences. I also think a lot about the information conveyed; like, if character X does Y in chapter 10, when does the audience need to know Z? Or is it better if the audience knows this data point before or after this piece of dialogue. That sort of thing.

That was long! D:

That's great! I wish you the best of luck when you're ready to submit.