Where I am in the writing process: Planning, Tweaking, and all that fun stuff! I started the new idea that hit me earlier this week but I am still working it, I know where it is going but I need some more sub-plot lines, and LOTS OF DETAILS!
My current problem: Is there any special way to record all your ideas in an organized fashion. I have all my ideas but right now I am just listing the order they are occurring in. Any tips, also if you have any, ANY record keeping methods of scenes, or characters tell me!
The question this week: What to do to get myself back into writing? What to do to get myself excited about an old story? (I don't want to start anything else new)
My answer: Describe place and people in a page of writing then slowly evolve those characters slowly into a story. Hopefully by then you will have a writing flow. If you need something to write about go to a cafe and choose three people siting in different areas then write a story connecting them. Let your imagination explode to find a crazy twisted sinister way they are connected.
This might not be the best idea for organizing, but I have each summary idea in its own three-ring binder. Now that I am doing this scene card/story grid/8-Part Story Structure combo thing, I am putting each current WIP that I am writing or creating scenes for on that. I hope to get the remaining scene card/story grid/8-Part Story Structure combo thing done next week or the week after.
ReplyDeleteI'm not an outliner so if I'm writing and think of an idea for a new scene, I write a one paragraph summary of events and then place it in my novel wherever it would appear. My current WIP has been written out of order so these little snippets have come in handy.
ReplyDeleteI like your idea for looking at 3 people and writing about them to get going on writing again. I'll have to try that sometime!
"If you need something to write about go to a cafe and choose three people siting in different areas then write a story connecting them."
ReplyDeleteThat's a really cool idea. Must try. :D
Good luck with the "lots of details." Those can be scary sometimes!
-Madeleine