Comments on: Geared up? http://5-rings.com/blog/2009/04/geared-up/ A journal of the creative writing process. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: Latrina http://5-rings.com/blog/2009/04/geared-up/#comment-1272 Latrina Fri, 01 May 2009 14:20:07 +0000 http://5-rings.com/blog/?p=555#comment-1272 Yay! Today's the day. :D Good luck and here's to another 10k+ words! Yay! Today’s the day. :D

Good luck and here’s to another 10k+ words!

]]> By: Nick Enlowe http://5-rings.com/blog/2009/04/geared-up/#comment-1271 Nick Enlowe Fri, 01 May 2009 03:54:42 +0000 http://5-rings.com/blog/?p=555#comment-1271 @Merrilee: Whenever I get stumped like that I take a shower or mow the lawn ... (or both, in the opposite order :D) and think about the problem the whole time. By the time I'm done, I find I usually have the answer. But if I don't yet, I just type three question marks and move on. That kind of stuff can always be fixed in the revision, hope that helps! @Merrilee: Whenever I get stumped like that I take a shower or mow the lawn … (or both, in the opposite order :D) and think about the problem the whole time. By the time I’m done, I find I usually have the answer.
But if I don’t yet, I just type three question marks and move on. That kind of stuff can always be fixed in the revision, hope that helps!

]]> By: Nick Enlowe http://5-rings.com/blog/2009/04/geared-up/#comment-1270 Nick Enlowe Fri, 01 May 2009 03:45:11 +0000 http://5-rings.com/blog/?p=555#comment-1270 Hey---no worries. There's marked advantages to stream of consciousness writing. It's adventurous to plunge into a book having no idea how it will end or what the next scene will be. When you surprise yourself while writing, there's a pretty good chance the reader'll be surprised too. Hey—no worries. There’s marked advantages to stream of consciousness writing. It’s adventurous to plunge into a book having no idea how it will end or what the next scene will be.

When you surprise yourself while writing, there’s a pretty good chance the reader’ll be surprised too.

]]> By: RG Sanders http://5-rings.com/blog/2009/04/geared-up/#comment-1269 RG Sanders Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:33:27 +0000 http://5-rings.com/blog/?p=555#comment-1269 No, no. I totally (eh word) understand what you mean. I do not plan in such a way. I took a look at that Snowflake plan via your own post and although it looked interesting, and I'm sure it will be something I will try at some point, it was so alien to think of character sheets, synopsis of each 'quarter' and so on. When I began Ran Red, I simply knew where I would begin, what the issue would be, and the very, very end. Everything in-between has been a product of writing on the fly: characters, names, places, history, events. It's actually - for me - more interesting, although sometimes harder in the long run in terms of detailing and consistency. I just love how the characters direct what's happening, and the events unfold because of circumstance and prior happenings. Very little is initially planned for me, so tomorrow I begin my middle Act, and truly, I have no real idea how I'm getting to that 3rd one and ultimately the very end. Fun, fun (AHH!) fun. No, no. I totally (eh word) understand what you mean. I do not plan in such a way. I took a look at that Snowflake plan via your own post and although it looked interesting, and I’m sure it will be something I will try at some point, it was so alien to think of character sheets, synopsis of each ‘quarter’ and so on.

When I began Ran Red, I simply knew where I would begin, what the issue would be, and the very, very end. Everything in-between has been a product of writing on the fly: characters, names, places, history, events.

It’s actually – for me – more interesting, although sometimes harder in the long run in terms of detailing and consistency. I just love how the characters direct what’s happening, and the events unfold because of circumstance and prior happenings.

Very little is initially planned for me, so tomorrow I begin my middle Act, and truly, I have no real idea how I’m getting to that 3rd one and ultimately the very end.

Fun, fun (AHH!) fun.

]]> By: christopher. http://5-rings.com/blog/2009/04/geared-up/#comment-1268 christopher. Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:33:21 +0000 http://5-rings.com/blog/?p=555#comment-1268 I tend to write my best when I don't plan, to be honest. Stream of consciousness is something I absolutely love, but it can easily create continuity problems. Because of that, I haven't been completely neglecting planning like I normally do, especially with something as lengthy as a prospective novel. I have loose ideas of what I want characters to be, what symbols I want to reoccur in the novel, and the general flow of events, but the details I will leave up in the air. As it stands, I feel as if I am really unprepared, but I also think that actually getting the story written will help to blossom the development. Tomorrow, I will write the first word of my first novel. I am afraid, yet confident--it's such a strange sensation. I tend to write my best when I don’t plan, to be honest. Stream of consciousness is something I absolutely love, but it can easily create continuity problems. Because of that, I haven’t been completely neglecting planning like I normally do, especially with something as lengthy as a prospective novel. I have loose ideas of what I want characters to be, what symbols I want to reoccur in the novel, and the general flow of events, but the details I will leave up in the air. As it stands, I feel as if I am really unprepared, but I also think that actually getting the story written will help to blossom the development.

Tomorrow, I will write the first word of my first novel. I am afraid, yet confident–it’s such a strange sensation.

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