tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post6716349522358803550..comments2023-07-14T06:17:49.677-04:00Comments on The Daring Novelist: ROW80 Update - Brainstorming and WritingThe Daring Novelisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-34923574610906522862012-02-23T12:40:43.079-05:002012-02-23T12:40:43.079-05:00BTW David posted a neat description of his own cre...BTW David posted a neat description of his own creative process over on his blog at Guns and Magic.<br /><br />http://www.gunsandmagic.com/?p=1834The Daring Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-59768334963354545062012-02-22T23:34:09.360-05:002012-02-22T23:34:09.360-05:00Lee, the creative mind is a wonderful thing. It i...Lee, the creative mind is a wonderful thing. It is a lot like dreaming when the characters or landscape shifts on you, and you see what it really should be.<br /><br />Although sometimes when that happens, I split off a new character. (Unless the old was just not working.)The Daring Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-7469374152970366412012-02-22T18:16:49.665-05:002012-02-22T18:16:49.665-05:00I like your insight here about the creative versus...I like your insight here about the creative versus the rational - and I agree, plotting is when the blue-sky thinking comes to the forefront and we <i>make things up</i>. It's the What-If Scenario, the Wild Crazy Idea space, the daydream. Rattling through the wordcount comes later.<br />Here's a spiffy on-topic <a href="http://www.daniellelaporte.com/business-wealth-articles/creativity-the-corpse-pose-what-to-do-in-between-projects/" rel="nofollow">link</a> too, to Danielle LaPorte on Creativity.<br />Anyway, when I'm ready to write, I storyboard. Then if I'm stuck on one scene I write another scene out of sequence and fit the story back together later.<br />Strange how it works out in practice, though. My current work-in-progress protagonist was always a mature European - then I started to write him and he dropped thirty years and changed race.Leehttp://leemcaulay.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-63667360660922640042012-02-22T17:52:42.778-05:002012-02-22T17:52:42.778-05:00Thanks, Heather and Tracy!
Liana: Great minds thi...Thanks, Heather and Tracy!<br /><br />Liana: Great minds think a like, right?<br /><br />Elisabeth: It's like rehearsal, and developing a show on the road before hitting Broadway, isn't it?<br /><br />As for the scenes that ripen first: write them when they ripen. Don't wait. Don't put them in order. If something changes, you can change the scene, but you don't want to lose the fire.The Daring Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-506988752587215022012-02-22T17:01:55.871-05:002012-02-22T17:01:55.871-05:00A lot of this sounds familiar. I like picturing sc...A lot of this sounds familiar. I like picturing scenes playing out like a movie - I can "see" characters' facial expressions, hear the inflection in their voices, know where they're standing and how they move. The hard part is getting that to the page. I want the reader to see what I see, but finding just the right words is really tricky sometimes.<br /><br />I usually do a lot of thinking about a story before I ever try to write it. If I've got a beginning and end but no middle, or if I've only got a hazy idea of an important scene, I know I'm going to get stuck! So I think about it and replay it until I have a general idea where the plot is going. Trouble is, by the time I actually get around to writing it, some of the most important scenes - which I usually imagine first - have gone a bit stale or I've forgotten some of how I initially meant to write it.Elisabeth Grace Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073159989691222645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-80980459592219521772012-02-22T13:21:14.612-05:002012-02-22T13:21:14.612-05:00Wow. I just had to say: I JUST figured this out fo...Wow. I just had to say: I JUST figured this out for myself! http://lianamir.com/2012/monday-muses<br /><br />I do the same thing: the stories I play out over and over and then pin down come out a million times better than the ones where I try to merge the processes or flip them. Love this piece.Liana Mirhttp://www.lianamir.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-69608675094655437872012-02-22T10:47:27.262-05:002012-02-22T10:47:27.262-05:00Thanks for sharing your process with us. I'm a...Thanks for sharing your process with us. I'm always fine tuning my own, and I love hearing about how others write.<br /><br />And great week!Stacy Greenhttp://stacygreenauthor.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-89868738118232157492012-02-22T10:42:22.996-05:002012-02-22T10:42:22.996-05:00Love this realization, and the part when you talk ...Love this realization, and the part when you talk about binging. So much of my writing goes in fits and starts. That really echoed for me! <br /><br />Good luck with your awesome new technique!!Heather Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06699360166269376285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-24023618111614673212012-02-22T10:21:30.416-05:002012-02-22T10:21:30.416-05:00In spite of all the Moviola stuff, the truth is my...In spite of all the Moviola stuff, the truth is my story sense really comes from playing make believe, more than any visual arts thing.<br /><br />It's more "experiential" and visual than visual. That is, all the senses are involved, but feel is probably strongest.The Daring Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-61753898349140360242012-02-22T08:23:34.223-05:002012-02-22T08:23:34.223-05:00When you put it that way, it makes perfect sense.
...When you put it that way, it makes perfect sense.<br /><br />If you're extremely analytical, it must be relatively easy to plot with charts and flowcharts and post-its, etc. From what I've read, I do believe many writers do it that way.<br /><br />As someone who's trained in thinking visually, as a visual artist (drawing, film, whatever), it makes more sense for you to plot visually.ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03242190927997728930noreply@blogger.com