Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Hmm

I feel like I'm always apologizing when I get on here. Sorry it's been so long, sorry I've been so quiet, etc. And I feel like I ought to do it again. But I'm going to skip that and instead go straight to what I want to say.
Every writer has their own process that works for them. For some people, it's all about a serious, in-depth outline that plots out every scene of the book. Some people outline with index cards, one per scene, so it's easy to swap things around. Some people write by the seat of their pants, starting with just a character or scene or bit of dialogue in their head. Some people can only write at their desk, with a particular type of pen and a more particular type of paper, with the radio on so low that it's only a suggestion of noise. Etc.
I am a seat-of-my-pants writer. While I plan to experiment more with outlining, I do tend to just get a snippet of an idea in my head, jot that on paper, and see where it leads me. My story is as much a mystery to me as it is to my readers, the first time around! But. I saw this post on Deadline Dames and just had to share. So, click over there and enjoy!
Also. Soon to appear here: my attempts at a query letter. Yikes!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

OK so I went to that website. The author, of course, provides very useful ideas for revisions. However, I, as an older person, still find that I highly resent the fact that women in writing can only be portrayed in the sexy devil or the simple housewife (secretary, librarian or struggling to find my identity) all of which is oversimplistic. Naturally, men can make the same argument. I have read 3 books in the past month. All of the men are ambitious, handsome, rich or want to be rich and certainly physically fit. I don't remember the characters from Agatha Cristie being so cookie cutter. I would make the same comment about actors/actresses. Betty Davis looked very different from Sophia Loren from Rita Hayworth. I could tell them apart. Now it seems to be pretty much cookie cutter. At least there are hair color differences LOL