Yep, that's it exactly. And it happens whether I choose to write it down or not. Oh yes, just sits there in one's head...
I used to tell them to myself aloud as a child, while bouncing a ball against the wall. Drove my parents crazy -- so they bought me an electric type writer and told me to type it all out instead. That's an interesting start to a career. :)
Tolkien had the same thing happen with him, at the age of 14 or so, he had the entirety of Middle Earth pop into his head. He wrote the books because he had to get the story out. He saw the world, the language, the characters all of it...as if it were a found object that just popped in his head one day and would not leave. I don't think I knew that, cool! I remember reading C.S.Lewis' autobiography and he and his brother invented a whole magical land (not Narnia, completely different) during their childhood.
I considered writing it out of sequence, but I get lost. LOL! I hear ya. Although my next thought is that surely Scrivener could work its magic. As long as everything's labelled up, keeping track and adding stuff intermittently should be... doable? But then I don't know how you work...
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Oh yes, just sits there in one's head...
I used to tell them to myself aloud as a child, while bouncing a ball against the wall. Drove my parents crazy -- so they bought me an electric type writer and told me to type it all out instead.
That's an interesting start to a career. :)
Tolkien had the same thing happen with him, at the age of 14 or so, he had the entirety of Middle Earth pop into his head. He wrote the books because he had to get the story out. He saw the world, the language, the characters all of it...as if it were a found object that just popped in his head one day and would not leave.
I don't think I knew that, cool! I remember reading C.S.Lewis' autobiography and he and his brother invented a whole magical land (not Narnia, completely different) during their childhood.
I considered writing it out of sequence, but I get lost. LOL!
I hear ya. Although my next thought is that surely Scrivener could work its magic. As long as everything's labelled up, keeping track and adding stuff intermittently should be... doable? But then I don't know how you work...