Did that help, Joe? I can try and explain it better, if you want.
Everybody plays each other. That's all anybody ever does. We play parts.
Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
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Amy - Mar 26, 2008 5:59:21 am PDT #9952 of 10001
Because books.
Miracleman - Mar 26, 2008 6:12:59 am PDT #9953 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
No, I got it. I did something similar plotting a movie with a comedy group I worked with in L.A.
I just don't have a corkboard.
I'ma try this Snowflake thing and see if that helps.
Amy - Mar 26, 2008 6:15:49 am PDT #9954 of 10001
Because books.
I didn't use a corkboard. I used, um, the floor.
Miracleman - Mar 26, 2008 6:18:01 am PDT #9955 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Oh.
Well, between the Punk and the World's Stupidest Dog, I don't think the floor would work so well for me.
"Where's Chapter Twelve? Why is Chapter Twelve covered in brown marker and dog drool? What was it doing in the DVD player?
I NEED MY OWN OFFICE!"
erikaj - Mar 26, 2008 6:20:11 am PDT #9956 of 10001
If Scooby Doo taught me anything, it's that the only thing to fear is real-estate developers.Lisa Simpson
I've got brain damage. I couldn't do that either. Unless I want the floor to look like my brain.
Amy - Mar 26, 2008 6:23:04 am PDT #9957 of 10001
Because books.
I always did it one fell swoop, though, and cleaned it up, rather than leaving it out.
A corkboard (a big one) would definitely be better.
I can't remember why I haven't tried the snowflake thing. I should read the description again.
Susan W. - Mar 26, 2008 9:09:57 am PDT #9958 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I could SO not do that method. I'm one of the seat-of-the-pants writers he describes as shrieking at the thought of doing a Snowflake document. I'm not a pure pantser--I do know where this thing is going, just not precisely how I'm going to get there. And that's part of the fun, discovering the path between where I am now and that mountaintop of finished story on the horizon. In particular, I'd hate doing character descriptions and charts. I just can't imagine doing something so mechanical. At the risk of sounding all woo-woo about this, my characters are people. I don't build them, I know them.
Obviously, you do whatever works for you. As Jenny Crusie says, there are many roads to Oz. That one is just the polar opposite of the one I've been paving for myself.
Susan W. - Mar 29, 2008 10:34:29 am PDT #9959 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
OK, so I just finished the first of Conn Iggulden's GENGHIS series and went and found his website so I could check his backlist and so on.
He's my age! Dammit.
OK, I'm 37, so it's not all that surprising that there are people my age with books on the shelves. But...he has eight books out already, and I have a big fat zero. So I'm all irrationally jealous.
erikaj - Mar 29, 2008 10:43:25 am PDT #9960 of 10001
If Scooby Doo taught me anything, it's that the only thing to fear is real-estate developers.Lisa Simpson
we all do that, Susan.
Laga - Mar 29, 2008 10:55:44 am PDT #9961 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm jealous of you, Susan, for being so much more motivated than I am and for having such an intimate relationship with your characters.