: Re: Is writing in fragments bad practice? Occasionally, it feels easier to write individual scenes of a prose and later connect them somehow. Does this method have any significant benefit and/or throwback

@Lengel543

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In earlier times, I wrote that way. I had an idea, I fleshed out that idea, and I wrote a scene around it. Then I got another idea. Guess what happened to the first idea....

There's nothing wrong with doing that, as long as you understand why you're doing that. If the goal is to get some practice in pulling ideas out of your head and putting them on paper, it's great. You pick the scenes you want to write because they're fun to write. We all have to start somewhere.

You asked about advantages and disadvantages. Here's the big disadvantage. By doing the fun scenes, you ignore the not-fun scenes, the ones that are hard to do. Hard scenes take more practice. Hard scenes are about boring things that you have to make interesting. That word somehow is usually a clue that hands will be waved, because you don't see a clear path from B to G.

If you want to write, you'll put a lot of fun stuff in the trunk. If you want to be a writer, you'll have to do some work. You and you alone decide whether this is a hobby or a vocation.

Despite all that, every writer is different. For some people, the easy-first method may be best. You have to find your own groove.

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