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<blockquote data-quote="orchid blossom" data-source="post: 1485184" data-attributes="member: 12815"><p>So, as usual, as soon as I decide I want to write something.... stumped!</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I wonder if anyone is interested in a little technical discussion? I'm curious as to how people put together their stories for Ceramic DM. </p><p></p><p>To see the story I'm referring to here, check the link. Also on that page, Mythago's most excellent round-winning story.</p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=82959&page=9&pp=25" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=82959&page=9&pp=25</a></p><p></p><p>When I got the pics, I didn't rush to start. I was working on a floorcloth, and just pulled out a notebook and would jot down whatever ideas came into my head from the pictures. I went through several different plot ideas over the next day and a half. It took a light bulb moment to really get it started.</p><p></p><p>After that I looked at what needed to happen, and decided to write each as a scene. Scene: Introduce protagonist, introduce problem, give background. Scene: Introduce eventual victim, build sympathy. No one will care if he dies if they don't know him. Scene: Have to get that accordian pic in, party in the common room. Protagonist finds vicitim here. Scene: Confrontation. Scene: Conclusion, fulfullment of task.</p><p></p><p>This is seriously how I put it together. I would sit down and write a "scene", then I'd get up and do something like wash the dishes or vaccuum before I began the next one. I didn't think about theme or anything like that, but I did focus a lot of technical things like avoiding using the same words to often, being consistent in viewpoints, etc.</p><p></p><p>When people's comments came in, it was weird to see comments on things like theme and characterization. I didn't think about them at all. So I'm either intiutive or lucky there. ^_^</p><p></p><p>So story writers, how do you do it? Just sit down and go? Plan, plan, plan? Wait for the last minute and write with the pressure? What works for you?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orchid blossom, post: 1485184, member: 12815"] So, as usual, as soon as I decide I want to write something.... stumped! Anyway, I wonder if anyone is interested in a little technical discussion? I'm curious as to how people put together their stories for Ceramic DM. To see the story I'm referring to here, check the link. Also on that page, Mythago's most excellent round-winning story. [url]http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=82959&page=9&pp=25[/url] When I got the pics, I didn't rush to start. I was working on a floorcloth, and just pulled out a notebook and would jot down whatever ideas came into my head from the pictures. I went through several different plot ideas over the next day and a half. It took a light bulb moment to really get it started. After that I looked at what needed to happen, and decided to write each as a scene. Scene: Introduce protagonist, introduce problem, give background. Scene: Introduce eventual victim, build sympathy. No one will care if he dies if they don't know him. Scene: Have to get that accordian pic in, party in the common room. Protagonist finds vicitim here. Scene: Confrontation. Scene: Conclusion, fulfullment of task. This is seriously how I put it together. I would sit down and write a "scene", then I'd get up and do something like wash the dishes or vaccuum before I began the next one. I didn't think about theme or anything like that, but I did focus a lot of technical things like avoiding using the same words to often, being consistent in viewpoints, etc. When people's comments came in, it was weird to see comments on things like theme and characterization. I didn't think about them at all. So I'm either intiutive or lucky there. ^_^ So story writers, how do you do it? Just sit down and go? Plan, plan, plan? Wait for the last minute and write with the pressure? What works for you? [/QUOTE]
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