Community Thread / Tips and Questions

[aLwAyS_mE!]

Yes, I realize this. That's why I was being sarcastic, too?

/fayle

[Bad99]

I said respects, not "thinks I'm a great writer."

I'm always legit.

[Buripuk]

I've done it only a handful of times. Twice on purpose, whilst the last was a dialogue-heavy and rumination-heavy piece. Dialogue in general is fairly stream-of-consciousness, as with rumination. For me, it's best to think of a subject and just start typing what comes to mind when you think about it.

first stream-of: http://www.rabroadmusic.com/forums/s...d.php?t=569839
second stream-of: http://www.rabroadmusic.com/forums/s...d.php?t=574572
an incidental stream-of: http://www.rabroadmusic.com/forums/s...d.php?t=574588

[Lauren B]

Similarly to above, I've tried it a couple of times, but I think it comes off as a bit rubbishly pretentious rather than any good.

Wrote this about... yeesh three years ago. First attempt at stream of consciousness writing. I mean it's been heavily edited since the first drafts and changed since I think but yeah:

http://rabroadmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=552482

Aaaand this is another one, edited quite heavily again because of the shape I wanted for it but it was written in a stream of consciousness style:

http://rabroadmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=571838

It's not a style I'm well suited to though. I like working within restraints because it forces me to edit and redraft to fit within certain limitations but it's something I'd like to try more.

I've actually started writing a bit for the first time in months and months. I'd like to hit some open mic stuff around where I live (maybe not perform, but see what it's like) and check out what's happening now rather than living in my own little bubble. Anyone else do stuff like that?

[Chika-la-la]

The big thing about stream-ofs is that it could be construed as just sheer laziness. It's like there's too much freedom. Restraints, forms, or a cohesive and tangible theme makes the writing process much more involved and calculated.

[Picho]

I'd agree that it can be seen as lazy. Some thoughts are best left in their rawest forms, though. For me, if I can't get something started the way I would like for it to, I'll just open notepad or write in a journal in a stream-of until something pops out.

[zoso159]

Oh I'd agree that it's definitely a great process to start a piece of writing, just get shit loaRAB of raw material and filter through it bit by bit once it's out, but having it as a final draft isn't always great for me.

[Mari]

I agree, you also have search feature enabled, so all in all you can search for whatever you are looking for.