A lot of my stories start out as fragments, or scenes. And as I start to put them together in a cohesive fashion, the plot then starts to develop and form into something that resembles a complete project. Sometimes I can follow an outline from the beginning, but other times, it's just as you mention. Bits and pieces, until I know my characters and their sub-plots and eventually, their main point for existing. Sometimes I'm surprised when those final stories finally come to me -- I've mistaken sub-plots for main plots for awhile until they appear!
From what I know, action scenes can be pretty tough for some people to write. Movies have the luxury of being visual, but the writer must be very clear about what's happening so that the reader can envision it properly. Ever seen those stories where you're like, "What's going on in here? Where did his arm move across to?" that completely lose you? Yeah, those are people learning to craft action scenes. It's fun though -- some of the things I work on take on an action element at time, but usually that's not the focus of what I'm writing.
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Date: 2010-09-24 08:48 am (UTC)From what I know, action scenes can be pretty tough for some people to write. Movies have the luxury of being visual, but the writer must be very clear about what's happening so that the reader can envision it properly. Ever seen those stories where you're like, "What's going on in here? Where did his arm move across to?" that completely lose you? Yeah, those are people learning to craft action scenes. It's fun though -- some of the things I work on take on an action element at time, but usually that's not the focus of what I'm writing.