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What's a preconception you had about writing that was dispelled as you became more experienced? (self.writing)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by IonAddis to c/writing
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It could be something like, "I thought XYZ was easy and ABC was hard, but--"

Or it could be something where you thought you HAD to do something one way (organize, use a certain program, write in a certain POV, etc), but you ended up handling it in a fashion that was different once you became experienced enough to see things differently.

What preconception was dashed as you grew in experience and skill?

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[–] IonAddis 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, I've definitely found naming things can be a much smaller part of the picture nowadays for me than it used to be.

It can still be important--from a "style" perspective, you end up with different results if you choose different naming schemes, and "not naming things" is a naming scheme in its own right. But I don't obsess over names at the start anymore, not like I used to. They sort of trickle in after I'm about 20k words into a novel. So I go back and update the placeholders as I figure things out.

Titles are saved for the very end, when I fully know the shape of my story.