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

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

I have a movie in my head constantly. I used to do a lot of BTVS fics, so they usually included fight sequences. I had to see the stuff in my head to properly describe what was going on. I think that's why I always got so many great compliments on the action portions of those stories (and others which included it). It's also the reason I have so many descriptions of what people are doing while the dialogue is happening. Hand movements, the way they stand, how they either look at someone or avoid looking at them, etc. What happens in my mini-movie is what is transcribed to the page.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Oh how I wish seeing fight sequences actually translated to being able to write them! I absolutely suck at such things.