On writing...?

Question

I am writing a novel and well, I have noticed that my ideas for the story are comming in bits and peices, sometimes out of order sometimes not. I was wondering if this is okay and normal for writing.
Also, do you have any suggestons for tying the peices together. I'm finding that hard to do.
Thank you for answering.
God bless you
K.K.

Answer 1

This is no problem. This is usually how the writing process works. It's the rare person that compose any sort of writing in a completely chronological order. What I suggest doing is keep a piece of paper, a notebook, whatever, and write down all of your ideas. When I start a story, I usually keep a list of names I like, I research the places where I plan on setting the piece. I keep drawings, pictures, maps, whatever seems relevant to the story. Then, when I feel I'm ready to write, I gather all that together and I get started. Revising your work is also very important so if there is anything that occurs to you after your first draft is completed, you can add that in a revision, or remove whatever is dead weight. It sounds like you're doing fine. The only time you need to worry is when you don't have any ideas.

Good luck with your work.

Answer 2

It just takes a lot of what we call 'dream-time.' I spent about two years dreaming up the plot for the fantasy trilogy I am writing right now. It will be very difficult to tie all of those pieces together, if you are my kind of writer. Some writers just start from a premise and write a novel, but I find I need to know the whole story first... it may change and deepen along the way, but I think you need to spend as much time as necessary plannning the story out.

When you're ready to write it, you'll know, and that's when you let loose with the actual writing... more hard work, but rewarding. Hope this helped!

Answer 3

It's normal, very normal. I'm writing a novel and it is the same way. To piece it together, I suggest typing it in order (what you have in order) in a word document and keeping notes of other parts (I have spirals for all my ideas). Then read through and find where this idea can go and that. I have I believe 12 chapters right now, and I gave each of them their own document because they got too long. It might be easier just to start out that way if you have an idea of where chapters are going to start and end. But, splitting them up into chapters will really help you start to organize your work.

I hope that is what you are asking for! Good Luck!!

Answer 4

First, I have to say that you are probably a lot further along than I will ever be. I'm sixteen. I want to be an aerospace engineer, but I have always wanted to write a book. I started about two years ago to come up with the perfect story. Since then I have come up with two that I really like. The first takes up twenty three pages front and back. the other takes up four typed pages, single spaced, size six font. There is no way I will ever get as far as you. Good luck.

Answer 5

That's very normal, that's how it works for me.

Really, keep everything in your mind, and even jot it down in a journal if you want, I tried that at first but found that I'd throw away most of the ideas I thought of as I wrote.

But really, as you write you'll most likely not use a lot of the little bits and pieces you are thinking of, as writing a story is a static experience, you can have an outline with main points, but your story will often go its own way to get there, if at all.

But don't worry, that's a perfectly normal thing to do.

Answer 6

It's okay. I do that too sometimes. I just make sure I type my story on the computer so that I can go back and add in anything else I come up with. Just think of things you go through in life and add them to your characters. Or just let your imagination run wild with things that could happen to them in between major events. You could take up space by writing about them shopping or cooking dinner. But then again, you could put in a part about them getting almost falling asleep while driving, or anything else that comes to mind.

Answer 7

This is okay and very normal! I already have parts of the end to one of my novels written and I've barely started on the middle. The hard part's always getting your characters from Point A to Point B, just try to remember what you were thinking when you wrote the out-of-order parts.

Answer 8

That is perfectly normal! A lot of authors write things out of order. Don't worry about it.

As for tying the pieces together, think of it as a puzzle. You know what you want to happen as a whole, and you have some parts already set up. Now you just need to fill in the spaces. The best way I know of to fill in those spaces is to really get to know your characters. Once you do that, they'll show you how their story goes.

(Use the link below to help get to know your characters.)

Answer 9

I know of lots of writers who write scenes they daydream about or even dream about and then fill in between them later.

Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone With the Wind backwards. Stephenie Meyer wrote Twilight beginning with the scene which became chapter 13, wrote to the end and then went back and wrote chapters 1-12. Whatever works best for you!

Good luck!

Answer 10

Very normal.

As for tying them together. It will come. That's often the genius part of the writing process.

I'm working on a novel-ish type thing and it all comes in pieces.