Comments on: One Challenge of Writing By the Seat Of Your Pants http://msbookish.com/one-challenge-of-writing-by-the-seat-of-your-pants/ Everything I know, I learned from a book. Well, maybe not everything ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:40:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Belle http://msbookish.com/one-challenge-of-writing-by-the-seat-of-your-pants/comment-page-1/#comment-4015 Belle Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:47:56 +0000 http://msbookish.com/one-challenge-of-writing-by-the-seat-of-your-pants/#comment-4015 Nicole, Memory, the main problem I have with index cards is that it feels too structured to me (not that I want a finished novel that's unstructured!). The idea always appeals to me, too. It feels so organized, and I'd love to be more organized. Dorte, I think your method is what I need, only I need it to be hand-written, rather than on the computer. Rebecca, I don't have Book in a Month, but you've just reminded me I have First Draft in 30 Days. I should take a look through that. Nicole, Memory, the main problem I have with index cards is that it feels too structured to me (not that I want a finished novel that’s unstructured!). The idea always appeals to me, too. It feels so organized, and I’d love to be more organized.

Dorte, I think your method is what I need, only I need it to be hand-written, rather than on the computer.

Rebecca, I don’t have Book in a Month, but you’ve just reminded me I have First Draft in 30 Days. I should take a look through that.

]]> By: Rebecca http://msbookish.com/one-challenge-of-writing-by-the-seat-of-your-pants/comment-page-1/#comment-3990 Rebecca Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:48:16 +0000 http://msbookish.com/one-challenge-of-writing-by-the-seat-of-your-pants/#comment-3990 Belle, Have you tried Book in a Month by Victoria Lynn Schmidt, Ph.D.? There are some good tools in there from story idea trackers to genre element trackers to character story sketch tables. I really recommend checking it out. It is fairly new so it may not be at the library, but at your bookstore. Belle,

Have you tried Book in a Month by Victoria Lynn Schmidt, Ph.D.? There are some good tools in there from story idea trackers to genre element trackers to character story sketch tables. I really recommend checking it out. It is fairly new so it may not be at the library, but at your bookstore.

]]> By: Memory http://msbookish.com/one-challenge-of-writing-by-the-seat-of-your-pants/comment-page-1/#comment-3976 Memory Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:14:26 +0000 http://msbookish.com/one-challenge-of-writing-by-the-seat-of-your-pants/#comment-3976 I know a girl who works off of an index card outline. She makes brief notes as to what's going on in each scene and how it relates to each plot, subplot and character, then shuffles the cards around to see which elements are getting the most attention and which ones need to be beefed up a little more. .-= Memory´s last blog ..<a href="http://xicanti.livejournal.com/132483.html" rel="nofollow">Television: Pushing Daisies, Season One</a> =-. I know a girl who works off of an index card outline. She makes brief notes as to what’s going on in each scene and how it relates to each plot, subplot and character, then shuffles the cards around to see which elements are getting the most attention and which ones need to be beefed up a little more.
.-= Memory´s last blog ..Television: Pushing Daisies, Season One =-.

]]> By: Dorte H http://msbookish.com/one-challenge-of-writing-by-the-seat-of-your-pants/comment-page-1/#comment-3973 Dorte H Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:52:42 +0000 http://msbookish.com/one-challenge-of-writing-by-the-seat-of-your-pants/#comment-3973 I do use paper sheets when I need a brain storm or the great overview, but on the whole I keep my notes on plot, characters etc in one computer file called the same as the manuscript. That is the only way I can be sure I don´t throw everything away by accident. So a handful of documents, called what they are: plot, characters etc, is my solution. .-= Dorte H´s last blog ..<a href="http://djskrimiblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/djs-bait-in-box-24.html" rel="nofollow">DJ´s Bait in the Box # 24</a> =-. I do use paper sheets when I need a brain storm or the great overview, but on the whole I keep my notes on plot, characters etc in one computer file called the same as the manuscript. That is the only way I can be sure I don´t throw everything away by accident. So a handful of documents, called what they are: plot, characters etc, is my solution.
.-= Dorte H´s last blog ..DJ´s Bait in the Box # 24 =-.

]]> By: Nicole http://msbookish.com/one-challenge-of-writing-by-the-seat-of-your-pants/comment-page-1/#comment-3970 Nicole Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:59:15 +0000 http://msbookish.com/one-challenge-of-writing-by-the-seat-of-your-pants/#comment-3970 Glad that you are still making progress. It can become a problem to keep up with multiple characters. I always hear crazy things that writers do to keep track- diaries and big timelines and org charts. I'm not really sure of the best way to approach the problem. Index cards? .-= Nicole´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LinussBlanket/~3/T501_b6m6fY/" rel="nofollow">The Blue Notebook, James A. Levine</a> =-. Glad that you are still making progress. It can become a problem to keep up with multiple characters. I always hear crazy things that writers do to keep track- diaries and big timelines and org charts. I’m not really sure of the best way to approach the problem. Index cards?
.-= Nicole´s last blog ..The Blue Notebook, James A. Levine =-.

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