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Writing A Story
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 19-09-2013 22:39
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Hi everyone!
I have created this thread just to ask the story-writers on the forum, what do you do when writing a story?
Me? I split my writing into 3 categories:
The Race
During the race I take screenshots of important events, as is the norm. I try to use different angles so the readers don't get bored with the same old thing. I also take notes on what happens during the race, which I then use when writing the story.
Post-Race
Once I have about 100 (I like to stock up on content before writing it), I convert all the screenshots into .JPG using a bulk converter. So I don't get confused, all of the screenshots that I have already used in my story get put into a separate folder just in case I need them.
Writing
Put the notes into writing and fit the screens in at the right time and booyah! A Cycleman123 story post! 
Now tell me, and the rest of daily, how you write your stories!
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 19-09-2013 22:50
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When I do reports I write as the stage runs, then I know exactly what happened and it gives me something to do during the stage |
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| 547984 |
Posted on 19-09-2013 22:55
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The reason I stopped my story was because each stage required half a page of notes for me. 
baseballlover312, 06-03-14 : "Nuke Moscow...Don't worry Russia, we've got plenty of love to go around your cities"
Sarah Palin, 08-03-14 (CPAC, on Russian aggression) : "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke"
Big thanks to jdog for making this AMAZING userbar! |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 19-09-2013 23:12
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We have a general story discussion thread where exactly this convo happened before
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 19-09-2013 23:31
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maxime86 wrote:
When I do reports I write as the stage runs, then I know exactly what happened and it gives me something to do during the stage
That's a cool way to do it! Isn't PCM full-screen though?
547984 wrote:
The reason I stopped my story was because each stage required half a page of notes for me.
That's how it started off for me too, but after a while it gets easier and you adapt to writing less notes. Some stages do require lots of notes though, so if I were you I would keep persevering.
TheManxMissile wrote:
We have a general story discussion thread where exactly this convo happened before
Sorry, wasn't aware. Still, I think it's good to have this so people who may not have been involved in the prior discussion can talk about it .
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 20-09-2013 02:47
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Cycleman123 wrote:
maxime86 wrote:
When I do reports I write as the stage runs, then I know exactly what happened and it gives me something to do during the stage
That's a cool way to do it! Isn't PCM full-screen though?
You can change it in the options and take out full screen
Edited by maxime86 on 20-09-2013 02:48
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 20-09-2013 08:37
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maxime86 wrote:
Cycleman123 wrote:
maxime86 wrote:
When I do reports I write as the stage runs, then I know exactly what happened and it gives me something to do during the stage
That's a cool way to do it! Isn't PCM full-screen though?
You can change it in the options and take out full screen
Cool!
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| The Hobbit |
Posted on 20-09-2013 11:13
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"Post-Race
Once I have about 100 (I like to stock up on content before writing it), I convert all the screenshots into .JPG using a bulk converter "
Sorry I deleted quotes
Why does it have to be jpg, can i not shre with png? |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 20-09-2013 11:16
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The loading time is much, much longer for .png files - especially if you have a couple of reports on a page.
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| MacC |
Posted on 20-09-2013 11:43
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Cycleman123 wrote:
Hi everyone!
I have created this thread just to ask the story-writers on the forum, what do you do when writing a story?
Me? I split my writing into 3 categories:
The Race
During the race I take screenshots of important events, as is the norm. I try to use different angles so the readers don't get bored with the same old thing. I also take notes on what happens during the race, which I then use when writing the story.
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Surely you can ues the replay... |
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| The Hobbit |
Posted on 20-09-2013 11:59
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
The loading time is much, much longer for .png files - especially if you have a couple of reports on a page.
So it works, but everyone would get annoyed at me because it took them 5 years to read it all... |
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