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Where to Start; Plot, Characters, or Setting?
meg_evonne:
--- Quote from: OZ on June 03, 2011, 04:13:16 AM ---You have found my fatal flaw.
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It is a flaw shared by many writers. I've taken classes with writing and publishing professionals. My greatest sympathies (and greatest feeling of triumph for others) are those who are editors and copy editors. Not all obviously, but many can not leave a page that is not perfect. They tell me they are always sucked into revision and never get those next pages plopped out. They may eventually get a completed book, but it will take a long and discouraging journey. IMHO How wonderful when they turn a corner into producing pages!
1eyedjack:
I always felt that whatever I started with should be important. If what tipped me towards writing was an idea for a character then by god the character came first. If I had a plot idea, I made a very rough outline with different possibilities. On the other hand, with plot I'd simply file it away, convinced that in order to create a proper character to fill in the blanks I'd need time to think about it. On one occasion, I'd had an explanation of a way magic could work in a fantasy setting tucked away in a file, came up with a few characters that I realized would work fantastically with that sort of magic and a story erupted forth from the amalgamation.
Here's the thing, take everything said here with a grain of salt. Take suggestions but do what works out for you. Bottom line, remember the Nike slogan: Just do it. Write.
Snowleopard:
There's a wonderful book out there completely on quotes on writing - it's called "Writers on Writing" by Jon Winokur.
You should see what they have to say about each other - oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!!
And one of the best lines in there is - "Get black on white!" when it comes to writing.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Snowleopard on July 30, 2011, 12:57:32 AM ---And one of the best lines in there is - "Get black on white!" when it comes to writing.
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I hope this does not mean those of us who work in yellow on blue are doomed.
Snowleopard:
No. For you it would be - "Get yellow on blue!"
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