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Smartdog...
I get ideas all day at work, but usually forget them.  I spend all day thinking about my humor post, trying to remember it, so when I got home, it was pretty much worked out.

posted by food4thought on April 18, 2006 at 9:40 PM | link to this | reply

Food
All my writing goes on in my head.  The hard part is getting it out :).  Listening to music allows me to 'freestyle' my way through poetry.

be well,
-smartdog

posted by smartdog_670 on April 18, 2006 at 9:35 PM | link to this | reply

When Mark Twain was asked the same question, he replied:

"I start at the beginning, and then work from there."

"Happy Easter (where applicable)"

posted by Mademoiselle on April 16, 2006 at 6:41 AM | link to this | reply

I tend to launch straight in too, however
very often it becomes clear that I should plan. I went to a screenwriting workshop last year and I learned the principle of one-liners. Where you sketch out the plot with a page of one liners summing up the main points in the plot. It is a great technique.

posted by Azur on April 16, 2006 at 3:02 AM | link to this | reply