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Gary in Houston
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I do have to ask those who specialize in the "vomit draft":  is this writing like stream of consciousness writing where you're just putting down whatever comes into your head while writing, or do you already have a several ideas and a pretty good road map for your story and you're just writing it all on the computer without even bothering to review it?

Also curious under either system how many pages on average you're cranking out a day if you're working on a feature.


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I know where my story is going when I start writing.  Of course, things change.  In one of my features, Santa, Inc., one of the elves, Kenmore, was meant to be a minor character; he ended up being one of the major characters.


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I can't do a vomit draft.  I need the structure of an outline to make sure I even have a story worth telling.



I outline too, but the glitches in it start showing when I move to the actual script and write it out. Then I usually move things around and make lots of changes. So, my drafts totally qualify for "vomit draft"!
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I wish I could write a vomit draft.  I seem to suffer from a disorder that compels me to edit a scene to death before I move to another scene.  Consequently, I am the world's slowest writer.  But when I finally finish this feature...look out!


I share this same affliction, Gary. It's something I'm trying to change.

The worst part is that the scenes I've done to death are still rubbish.
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My vomit drafts are usually pages and pages of dialogue/rants/monologues of potential characters. This helps me get into a character's head as they comment about the day, current events, the Super Bowl, etc. Also, this is a way of meeting my writing goal for the day. This is very liberating.

When I've found "it" (voice, cool characters I wanna hang with for the next 3-6 months), it's on to outlining and then the real vomit draft with plot and dialogue...
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My vomit draft is a little different. Usually, before writing a feature, I make sure I know everything about my story. When I do, I start outlining it scene by scene and in the end, can easily edit out information that I don't need. Sometimes my outlines even take longer than the script itself!

So when I finish my vomit draft, I usually have a couple of good scenes but dozens of bad ones. I almost always go back and check my scene before writing another - just to see if it makes sense or not.
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