Do you tend to drop stories partway through? When do you drop them--outlining, rising action, falling action?I'll drop stories as long as they don't excite me any more. If you're not excited by your own writing, then how is your audience going to be? Normally I'll find out whether I'm excited by a story or not while I'm planning it, or fairly early on in the writing of it.
Do you find it easier to write poems, short stories, or longer works? Do you know why?I would have to go with poetry, just because it's the form of writing that I've done the most of. I like to write poetry because you can do it in one sitting, and it might only take a half hour to write (before edits of course). I mean, my best poem (in my opinion) I wrote in about 20 minutes whilst having a panic attack in my common room, and I just posted it as it was. Poetry should be an expression of your own reality, and that's the easiest way to write for me. I have this thing called "aphantasia" which means that I don't have a functioning mind's eye. I literally cannot visualise things in my head, and so writing realistic poetry is a really good way for me to write in the easiest way possible. That's not to say I don't enjoy writing short stories and longer works, I'm always telling myself stories.
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[b]Speaking of aphantasia (having no ability to visualise imagery in your head), do any of you have it? Or do you have really vivid, active imaginations, or even synaesthesia (seeing colours when you hear music, and other similar sensations where the senses get mixed up)? How does your imagination impact your writing?[/b]
Like I said, I have it and I find that it makes it fairly difficult to create settings and characters visually because I have to make it up without seeing it. However, I have a really active (and sometimes quite annoying) inner voice, which helps because I can sit there all day and tell myself stories, and some of those stories can turn into writing. I just wonder if anyone share this, because I didn't know I even had it before someone explained that everyone else can literally see things in their heads. I didn't know I had it because I never knew it any other way. Apparently less than 5% of the world's population has it, and it's only recently been discovered because most people don't realise they have it and don't know they're different like I did. Even my therapist had never heard of it! It's quite funny as well, because my mum as synaesthesia, so we're practically on different ends of the imagination spectrum! Anyway, that's my little rant about my messed up brain, I'll stop there, but I am interested to hear about your guys' imaginations!
That, ehm, was not very pleasant. Is this your payback for treating you like that, main character?! 
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