I might look into some of those books too. I have an idea that I have had kicking around for a while, the characters and setting are very clear to me, but I have no idea how to actually plot out a novel.
We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
sj - Feb 28, 2013 11:45:32 am PST #5577 of 6690
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Gudanov - Feb 28, 2013 11:53:09 am PST #5578 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Second Sight by Cheryl Klein (an editor at Scholastic) is pretty good. I have a copy. It covers more than plot, but I like how it deals with both the physical plot and the emotional plot of the story.
Connie Neil - Feb 28, 2013 12:05:48 pm PST #5579 of 6690
brillig
must resist buying more books
Burrell - Feb 28, 2013 12:52:26 pm PST #5580 of 6690
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Thanks Amy, Sox, and Gudanov. I realize that I need to push through my resistance to writing, whatever the hell it is that keeps me from ever finishing a project. And plot is a big part of my resistance.
Connie Neil - Feb 28, 2013 1:03:25 pm PST #5581 of 6690
brillig
I've got the plot, I just hate my character in this scene. And if I skip this scene and do the part I want, I'll never get back to it. Like saying you'll eat your green beans after you eat the mashed potatoes.
JZ - Mar 01, 2013 2:42:11 pm PST #5582 of 6690
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Endings are my great white whale; they task me, they task me.
Next chunk is up; this section is unfinished, but maybe tomorrow, the good Lord willing and the Russian spambot trolls don't rise?
Amy - Mar 03, 2013 6:42:20 pm PST #5583 of 6690
Because books.
Wow, to be in the presence of the last True Artist writing today! This rationalization is so huge, it's bigger than Jared Padalecki. I sort of can't believe people let him publish that.
Gudanov - Mar 04, 2013 5:48:08 am PST #5584 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Congrats on the writing JZ.
After some note-making, thinking, and making an outline of plot adjustments, I think I'm about ready to start on Cog rev. 4.5.
Typo Boy - Mar 04, 2013 7:59:46 am PST #5585 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Amy, that article is, I believe, part of a genre that is becoming more common. The confessional,where the confessor is admitting to having been an enormous asshole without realizing he is revealing he is STILL an enormous asshole. I say "he" because I have yet to read a female example of this, though I'm sure it happens.
Ginger - Mar 04, 2013 8:30:45 am PST #5586 of 6690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Fewer women have the luxury of being enormous assholes.
And thus I want great books, books for our own time, written by those who have staked everything on literature, not just a couple of years in Iowa City.
Bless your heart, Alex. You're working for the New York Daily News. If you had staked everything, you'd be in a garret typing feverishly.