-Have idea.
- Scratch notes on anything I find.
-Write scenes.
-Keep writing scenes.
- Stitch scenes together.
- Okay, I can use that.
-Can't use that.
I can't believe I wrote ten pages that I can't use. Don't use double negative when talking to oneself.
-Need to revise.
-Still revising.
- Still revising.
Why am I still revising it's only thirteen pages. Robin and Monta would be so proud.
-Leave it alone.
-I said leave it alone.
-Turn it in.
Ask group for forgivenes that it is late again. Deadlines are such motivators.
Showing posts with label week 13. Show all posts
Showing posts with label week 13. Show all posts
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Initial Ity Bity Baby Steps
The Write 6 meet this week so we offer mini-entries on steps from idea to "ready to show the group" on our various projects.
From Robin
Original idea: 50/50 from “see a need” in the library and “learn something new on a trip.” My favorite, of course, is “have an assignment and deadline…”
Step 1: Go to coffee place, get a booth with a pad of yellow paper and a pen. Scribble very rough possibilities for a story frame. Lots of scratch outs and arrows until I can just barely see what I was thinking.
Step 2: Since I am working on quasi factual books now I research the settings, animals, weather, plants, etc, and build a glossary of fun new words. Even in real fiction I need to know if father geese actually stay near the nest during brooding.
Step 3: While I am on line play, some Chuzzle to rest my brain.
Step 4: Open 3 or 4 windows of story and research and flip around until there is a plot.
Step 5: Print out what I have a huddle over coffee again. More arrows, more notes, sometimes only the main character is salvaged.
Step 6: Go online and see if anyone else has written something like this recently because there is no reason to pursue it unless I get a really unique slant.
Step 7: Time for more brain rest with Chuzzle.
Step 8: Move paragraphs, tidy punctuation (only the really anal do it at this stage!), tweak.
Step 9: Oh, just send it! The Write 6 have been known to a plain wire hanger of a draft and encourage me to make a satin coated sachet filled story!
From Robin
Original idea: 50/50 from “see a need” in the library and “learn something new on a trip.” My favorite, of course, is “have an assignment and deadline…”
Step 1: Go to coffee place, get a booth with a pad of yellow paper and a pen. Scribble very rough possibilities for a story frame. Lots of scratch outs and arrows until I can just barely see what I was thinking.
Step 2: Since I am working on quasi factual books now I research the settings, animals, weather, plants, etc, and build a glossary of fun new words. Even in real fiction I need to know if father geese actually stay near the nest during brooding.
Step 3: While I am on line play, some Chuzzle to rest my brain.
Step 4: Open 3 or 4 windows of story and research and flip around until there is a plot.
Step 5: Print out what I have a huddle over coffee again. More arrows, more notes, sometimes only the main character is salvaged.
Step 6: Go online and see if anyone else has written something like this recently because there is no reason to pursue it unless I get a really unique slant.
Step 7: Time for more brain rest with Chuzzle.
Step 8: Move paragraphs, tidy punctuation (only the really anal do it at this stage!), tweak.
Step 9: Oh, just send it! The Write 6 have been known to a plain wire hanger of a draft and encourage me to make a satin coated sachet filled story!
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