tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post541872035720980161..comments2023-11-21T03:24:50.235-05:00Comments on Here be Magic: Magic? What Magic?Jody W. and Meankittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13733607365443126784noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-75022547778209614472011-03-08T11:50:04.865-05:002011-03-08T11:50:04.865-05:00I love reading about how others write. I'm a v...I love reading about how others write. I'm a very lazy person, so I try to streamline before I get anything down on the computer. My brain is a sorry, sorry mess, but it's fun in there. Kudos to you for such a work ethic. I'm all about electronic now. I don't print anything out unless I have to. <br /><br />MarieMarie Hartehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07722761134690362076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-10267276925729591432011-03-04T23:18:14.421-05:002011-03-04T23:18:14.421-05:00Great post!! Very interesting to learn others'...Great post!! Very interesting to learn others' methods. I'm a hybrid plotter-pantser. My first drafts are very rough, short, mainly consisting of dialogue and a bit of action. This is where I'm making sure the plot works, and I get to know my characters in the process. On later drafts I fill in the details and add word count.Nicole Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535088964454920083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-26735050551501953462011-03-03T09:16:01.375-05:002011-03-03T09:16:01.375-05:00I'm with Barbara. There are so many roads to s...I'm with Barbara. There are so many roads to story creation that I absolutely love getting a glimpse into other people's processes. <br /><br />Like some others, I'm an under-writer. I need to learn to put in the notes of (add description here) because it's something that I have a tendency to gloss over (I don't like to read lots of description, so I'm not overly fond of writing it). <br /><br />That said, I'm only managed to pants the first draft of an entire novel once, and it took me longer than any other (12 months compared to 2-3 normally). <br /><br />Oh, and I prefer vodka during my editing phase...okay, really at any phase ;-)Seleste deLaney/Julie Partickahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05346934576672398786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-69500855133081400272011-03-02T20:10:29.616-05:002011-03-02T20:10:29.616-05:00It's always interesting to me how many methods...It's always interesting to me how many methods there are for cranking out a novel. I'm learning how to be a better plotter. Previously my plotting consisted of bullet points for each chapter. <br />I polish each chapter as much as I can before I move on to the next. Anal. I know.Barbara Longleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07845828716261403038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-82092361726541801132011-03-02T17:40:46.735-05:002011-03-02T17:40:46.735-05:00Keri - you are a hot mess! I loved this post and...Keri - you are a hot mess! I loved this post and getting more insight into your process. I'm a plotser (half pantser, half plotter) and it ain't pretty either! See you on twitter!Robin Covingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738966068843350238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-22037501112605590992011-03-02T16:06:11.267-05:002011-03-02T16:06:11.267-05:00Teri Anne, I really think it is about learning you...Teri Anne, I really think it is about learning your own process--but I've made leaps and bounds because I've lifted "how-to's" from others.<br /><br />Eleri--I always lose the thread of the story. Always. My plots resemble yarn balls after the cats have gotten at them. In the cutting, however, I find the straight lines and lump-free arcs.Keri Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13958093932654844690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-59983223620911954172011-03-02T11:26:42.276-05:002011-03-02T11:26:42.276-05:00I tend to underwrite too. My first drafts are a li...I tend to underwrite too. My first drafts are a little fragmentary with little notes like "add some description here" then I jump right into action or dialogue. I also write xxx when I would need to stop and look something up so I can go back and do a search for all the xxx's and fill in the blanks when I'm done. I'm the kind of person that gets bogged down in details though so if I don't do it that way, I lose the thread of the story.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12742618211008888625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-44715605815349761922011-03-02T10:26:29.349-05:002011-03-02T10:26:29.349-05:00Great post. I love learning about other writer...Great post. I love learning about other writer's processes...since mine is so scattered and full of false-starts. I'm beginning to internalize the concept that I have to find my own method, and knowing how many others there are out there is good news.<br />And I found On The Road to be completely unreadable. Just sayin'.Teri Anne Stanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15500524348027951939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-74037647633901775442011-03-01T20:09:13.330-05:002011-03-01T20:09:13.330-05:00When the writing is going well I'm a swan -- b...When the writing is going well I'm a swan -- busy but with delusions of elegant serenity. When the writing is not going well, I'm a castle, hunkering down to withstand the siege of doubt, doom and looming reviews :)Jenny Schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320451924849353120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-67786152241346979572011-03-01T19:23:44.027-05:002011-03-01T19:23:44.027-05:00ROFL Jenny when are you a swan vs. castle? Which b...ROFL Jenny when are you a swan vs. castle? Which books or situations stimulate the flip from one to the other?Keri Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13958093932654844690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5858828969874855814.post-312109549721662352011-03-01T19:01:48.286-05:002011-03-01T19:01:48.286-05:00I'm an under-writer rather than over-writer so...I'm an under-writer rather than over-writer so I have to go back and add lots of stuff after the first draft, but otherwise, I'm completely with you on the messiness of writing. I like to think I'm a swan (or a castle), sailing serenely along the river (or through the sky) while out of sight there's a hidden world of furious paddling (or servant hall activity).Jenny Schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320451924849353120noreply@blogger.com