Writers - where do you write?

[November]

Where do you write your drafts? What do you use to write and store you thoughts on before you have a complete story? How do you save it safely? Where do you publish? What themes do you like to write on? Do you self promote or set the story free and see how it goes? What makes you want to keep writing?

 

[Fuffy Baith]

I've been using Papyrus Author for a few years now, to write novel format. I can write down ideas on the side like a "Post-It board", I can separate out my chapters, and I save it multiple times, to my computer, to an external hard-drive and to the cloud. I learned the hard way once, when I didn't have a back up and had to rewrite a bunch of edits. I also write my thoughts and ideas out on paper, usually type it up and then print it out, so I have all my ideas organized. Kind of like my own story bible. I haven't published in years. I tried WattPad but didn't like it. I'm not good at self promotion, and the one book I did get published didn't sell well and the publisher dropped me. Working on my novel now, and what keeps me going is that I truly love the story that I am building and telling and I enjoy the process of writing start to finish. Even if I never make any money off it and now one reads it, I'll always keep writing.

 

[twoslayers]

I write on my laptop. For anything other than flash fiction, I write an outline, then break it down by chapter, then start writing. I write a chapter, then edit, and don't try to edit as I go too much. I write a lot of Buffy fanfics, some are crossovers with other shows, and I lean more to writing f/f romantic pairings. A lot of AU stories. I like to put Buffy characters into thriller settings. I publish on Archive of Our Own where I post as storiwr. I do have several original novels in progress, all of which are very start and stop. I occasionally dabble in poetry, and was published in a few printed collections many years ago.