tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300317008477445103.post7477767028521638550..comments2023-10-30T09:09:15.198-07:00Comments on Charlotte Phillips : Nailing Down The Process...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024839242400375699noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300317008477445103.post-58117279667029136592012-06-14T23:50:57.115-07:002012-06-14T23:50:57.115-07:00Hi Tracey! Thanks so much for dropping by. The boa...Hi Tracey! Thanks so much for dropping by. The board was great fun and worth a go, even if it just helps you get the plot clear in your head. But the pants/plot thing is so individual, we all have to find what works for us - maybe you are destined to be a pantser! :0)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04024839242400375699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300317008477445103.post-72243991611264364592012-06-14T23:47:23.633-07:002012-06-14T23:47:23.633-07:00Hi Tora! I think thats a good way of working, you ...Hi Tora! I think thats a good way of working, you should always be able to deviate from the plan if the story works that way. And I know what you mean about the characters, I feel like I know them inside out by the end, but at the beginning I have to consciously ask myself how they would act in that situation and why. I know more naturally how they'll respond the further I get.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by! :0)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04024839242400375699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300317008477445103.post-64599265299869345942012-06-14T23:42:57.863-07:002012-06-14T23:42:57.863-07:00Thanks so much! I sometimes write a scene out of c...Thanks so much! I sometimes write a scene out of chronological order, but that's something else that caused me a problem in the past. Honeymoon had a finished ending, it just had a 10k gap about 2/3 of the way through and a lot of the middle was drivel! I think writing in order is better for me too. Thanks for visiting!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04024839242400375699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300317008477445103.post-38816814148658961982012-06-14T23:40:28.182-07:002012-06-14T23:40:28.182-07:00Hello! I know what you mean, it definitely made a ...Hello! I know what you mean, it definitely made a difference, kind of made the whole plot less muddled in my head. Thanks for reading! XxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04024839242400375699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300317008477445103.post-70326399761801877042012-06-14T13:21:54.026-07:002012-06-14T13:21:54.026-07:00Great blog!
I try to plan but it doesn't work...Great blog!<br /><br />I try to plan but it doesn't work. I think your board is a brill idea.<br />Whatever your process is now obviously works well. Can't wait to read 'Secrets of the Rich and Famous'.<br />Best of luck with the proposals.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12175484309679484087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300317008477445103.post-72623798158821822492012-06-14T12:34:58.799-07:002012-06-14T12:34:58.799-07:00Good luck with your proposals!
I definitely need ...Good luck with your proposals!<br /><br />I definitely need to plan but I also find myself having to redraft the plan frequently when I deviate. So I'm probably a bit of both. No matter how much I tried to get to know my characters on my current WIP before I started writing, once I got going, I realised they just wouldn't do what I'd planned. So then I had to replot.Tora Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403662795482388158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300317008477445103.post-27702373817858396552012-06-14T05:18:58.920-07:002012-06-14T05:18:58.920-07:00I'm still muddling through. Each time I try to...I'm still muddling through. Each time I try to organise my writing I wonder why I'm spending so much time doing that when I could be writing the story. So the plotting gets abandoned and I continue to muddle on. However, I do find that I can't skip parts of the story that is holding me up and write the bits I know further on. I need to be able to join the dots as I go. One day I hope enlightenment of the process strikes. :-)<br /><br />Congratulations on your sale!Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04383311853875982439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300317008477445103.post-6575768437631688412012-06-14T04:08:11.705-07:002012-06-14T04:08:11.705-07:00Lovely post! I'm the same, some parts planner,...Lovely post! I'm the same, some parts planner, the rest pantser! <br /><br />I have a board too, but I only put the very basics down, just like you I plan each scene and know what's going to happen in them, I pin them up, work out timings, etc then I leave the board and, you know, write!<br /><br />But I haven't always done it this way, it was only recently that I started it and it has helped me no end! <br /><br />Congrats again on your sale, I can't wait to read it, fabulous title also!<br /><br />XxRLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064259662608742231noreply@blogger.com