Do you write first a subject or do you write first your post? / myLot

Chile

September 27, 2016 7:34am CST

When I write a short story in my native language, I always Write the story first and the, after pondering about it for a while, I write the title that says in a better way what it is about. Here, many times I write down a subject and then, after I have written the post, I have to change it. The title did not mean what I ended up writing about. How do you do it? Do you have problems with your subjects in relation to the rest of your posts?

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (117232)

• El Paso, Texas

27 Sep 16

To me this is not a writing site, it is a discussion site so first I find a photo I'd like to share and then I try to think of something that Mylotters might want to discuss with me, it doesn't always work but I try. I also do not post everyday, I'm wondering if that's a bad thing though.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

27 Sep 16

I have not yet found out how to turn my heavy photos inot lighter ones. I would like to read more posts from you though.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (117232)

• El Paso, Texas

27 Sep 16

There are many photo editors online that you can use to lighten dark photos @marguicha when I bought my PC with Windows 10 on it there was a program built in to edit photos which I use to lighten dark photos .... do you have a windows based PC?

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

27 Sep 16

@rebelann I have a windows based laptop, but it is windows 7.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502487)

• Italy

27 Sep 16

I give a title and after I have written the story I evaluate if to keep the original title or to change it.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

27 Sep 16

I do that a lot here at mylot.

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succeednow

@succeednow (1632)

• Singapore

27 Sep 16

@marguicha I have no fixed way. Sometimes i write the title first and at other times I write the content first. It just depends on my mood at that time.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

27 Sep 16

I do it both ways here at mylot.

Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111937)

• United States

27 Sep 16

depend on the subject.I try to get the relation together

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

27 Sep 16

I try to do that. But it is not so easy as English is not my native language.

marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

28 Sep 16

@amadeo Thanks so much. I´m not patient when I have to check words in an Spanish-English dictionary

Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111937)

• United States

28 Sep 16

@marguicha I see.your doing fine there.

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Carol Brown

@blitzfrick (2890)

• United States

27 Sep 16

I write the post first, almost always. Sometimes, like you, I write a title (more like a subject line) and then change it afterwards. In journalism school I learned that the reporter writes the story, then the editor is in charge of writing the headline. That was true back in the print journalism days before the internet, that is, you know, back in the Stone Age.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

27 Sep 16

As I started to write in the Stone Age, I always write the title in my stories after the story is finished and edited by me. But this posting is different and I not always follow the rules of the trade.

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Jessica

@JESSY3236 (22245)

• United States

27 Sep 16

I always do the title first, then the post. The only time I get stuck on the title is when i am writing about an article I found.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

27 Sep 16

I often write a title first. But I have to change it many times because it doesn´t fit the the post.

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Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43897)

• Cambridge, England

27 Sep 16

I sometimes try to think of a catchy title before I start writing the discussion but 9 times out of 10 I've thought of a better one before I post it. Very often I write the post and then think of a title. Some people, it seems, put their cursor in the Title box and start typing and then, when the space runs out, just continue in the Description field!

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

27 Sep 16

For me, to think about writing a post has to do with a title, but mostly as a way to start with something. Later on, when the post is written, many times I have to change it.

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@DaddyEvil (174465)

• United States

28 Sep 16

I already know what my post will be about and what I want/need to say in it. I write the title and then the post.

Felicia Kane

@DesirousDreamer (34776)

• Peoria, Arizona

27 Sep 16

When I am writing a script I write the title, then bullet points, and then I write the story. For here, it depends on if I already got the clever title or not. If I already thought of it, then of course I write the title first and if I don't well I either think about it along the way of writing or when I am done.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

27 Sep 16

Maybe it is different when you are writing in your native tongue.

Thelma

@thelme55 (79324)

• Germany

27 Sep 16

I mostly write the title first but sometimes I have to change it as the story does not fit to the title anymore.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

27 Sep 16

That happens to me always when I write stories in my native language. Stories change and twist. But they are usually more complex than posts.

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kiran mehra

@Pass12 (997)

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27 Sep 16

I generally write the title first and then continue with my discussion. I need have to change my title later on

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

27 Sep 16

It happens to me sometimes.

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XinfulThotz

@XinfulThotz (4136)

• Singapore, Singapore

27 Sep 16

I write my posts first before coming up with the title. If i write the title first, i would definitely violate the rules. Cos i would be stuck what to write. And it may become a one liner

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

27 Sep 16

That´s the way to do it

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