tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14738657.post113347253327734419..comments2023-10-22T03:44:10.146-04:00Comments on Fierce Romance: Writing phasesVonda Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16680397260476850190noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14738657.post-1134576757836201642005-12-14T11:12:00.000-05:002005-12-14T11:12:00.000-05:00Not sure, Randy. Since each person's process is d...Not sure, Randy. Since each person's process is different it's hard to say. The quick rough draft method works for me. But some people like to write 50 page outlines or 50 page synopses. Others like graphs and charts. Others fly by the seat of the pants and have no idea what will happen in the next chapter, and yet they end up with a cohesive plot. What you might want to do is try lots of different approaches and see what works best for you. Just experiment. As for plotting vs. pantsing, I'm somewhere in the middle. I have to know what my overall story structure is, the bare bones, but I go by instinct on what actually happens within scenes. Best of luck finishing yours!Vonda Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05248984087135865252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14738657.post-1133850096802457632005-12-06T01:21:00.000-05:002005-12-06T01:21:00.000-05:00Hm. I've never really tried this method, Vonda. Ma...Hm. I've never really tried this method, Vonda. Maybe I should. Lord knows, what I've BEEN trying, ain't working. :) Here I am, several months into my WIP, with what I THOUGHT was a decent, pretty fleshed out plot outline (my first), and I'm discovering two secondary characters getting much bigger roles than I'd planned. Not only that, but they're steering the story away from the direction it's supposed to go. It wouldn't be so bad--normally, I'd say "go for it"--but they're kids and I don't like writing kid characters. (Not that I have anything against children, but I don't have 'em<BR/>and I hardly know any!) Sigh. Maybe if I wrote out the whole story like you do, I'd see these piftfalls way ahead of time...like before I've written 100 pages and spent months agonizing....Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01472972660086103611noreply@blogger.com