Mental Movie Making

[ithildin]

When a story I'm writing finally clicks on, it pretty much becomes all I think about. Whether actively, or running in the background while I'm working on something else, it's there. Very often, I'll wake up in the morning with it in my thoughts. All consuming, you might say [g] Of course, that doesn't always help in the actual writing! Turning the movie in my head (because it really is just like I'm watching a movie) from visuals to words doesn't always come easy. And I always seem to forget the best bits of dialogue by the time I sit down to write!

Anyone else have similar experiences, or is it just me? And what are your experiences?

Comments

[meredevachon]

The stories I'm working on tend to take over my thought processes too. Which makes trying to work on more than one story difficult, if not down right crazy-making.

But I don't really have the movie in my head experience (although sometimes I wish I did). I just get audio, and if I'm really lucky, a few stills for storyboarding purposes. Great for writing dialogue, but not much else. And it makes certain types of scenes almost impossible to write.

But as most writers would probably agree, I think, when it works, it's a great feeling.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Hmmm.. that's interesting. I don't think I've ever had just the audio. It's always Cinerama with Dolby [g]