tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post6171612329187801221..comments2024-03-01T00:32:17.498-05:00Comments on Read Write Believe: Do I Know What's Going to Happen?Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-78621194686510969902009-01-30T21:13:00.000-05:002009-01-30T21:13:00.000-05:00i need to have a guide, no matter how blurry. or e...i need to have a guide, no matter how blurry. or else i freak out. haha! i'm too much of a control freak to let go like that. but it doesn't mean i dont' stray from the lines...i just need them to start down the path...cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12175698109176599954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-81689741553788535722009-01-29T16:42:00.000-05:002009-01-29T16:42:00.000-05:00I call it working with or without a map. Sometimes...I call it working with or without a map. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes I know where I'm going and how I will get there. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes I have 3/4 of my story done, but just need to find that big finish. I will sometimes find that big finish organically (while writing). After all, its just space on a computer screen or even paper. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes I write for the sake of emptying my head and am surprised that I have a pretty good story. And then I just have to clean it up and edit. <BR/><BR/>I don't usually work without a map. It takes more time in front of the computer. I love to focus on what I'm ultimately trying to say, whether it be an image or an event, in my head. Then I build around this. <BR/><BR/>I hate the organizational part of the writing process - it certainly wasn't THIS chore that led me to writing - but am much happier when it's done.Amy Hanekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948641570199768387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-34015456233549473492009-01-29T15:08:00.000-05:002009-01-29T15:08:00.000-05:00Sometimes when I outline, I start getting cranky w...Sometimes when I outline, I start getting cranky with the outline, like it's trying to boss me around or something. It makes no sense, but there you go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-62559358103484929452009-01-29T11:56:00.000-05:002009-01-29T11:56:00.000-05:00My brother was just asking me about this other day...My brother was just asking me about this other day - and I think it's kind of hard to get until you're in it. I usually know what direction I'm headed in, but I live for the stuff that happens in between the planned events.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-6115381984459809462009-01-29T10:36:00.000-05:002009-01-29T10:36:00.000-05:00I think also because there's such a variety of ans...I think also because there's such a variety of answers.<BR/><BR/>Jasper Fforde said, when he read at Politics and Prose a few years ago, that just writes by the seat of his pants and has no idea what's going to happen next.<BR/><BR/>JK Rowling often talks about her boxes and boxes of outlines and background info.<BR/><BR/>Process is fascinating, because everyone's is so different.Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024880986964198385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-54576531083222143042009-01-29T09:50:00.000-05:002009-01-29T09:50:00.000-05:00I think process -- for writers and illustrators --...I think process -- for writers and illustrators -- is fascinating. Obviously, or I wouldn't be inviting them to the 7-Imp salon to discuss it all the time. I would think that one would not be "superior" to the other, that they would both have their advantages. Keep us updated, if you're so inclined, and let us know how it goes.Jules at 7-Imphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439756778611468303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-23217459337099523192009-01-29T09:48:00.000-05:002009-01-29T09:48:00.000-05:00Gah! Are you my secret twin??? I've had SO MUCH TR...Gah! Are you my secret twin??? I've had SO MUCH TROUBLE with my current WIP I've actually roughed out the end of it fully in outline!!! I usually cannot do it, but it's driven me so mad, I actually went there. Wow. Hope it works for both of us!!tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com