It's nice to know that somebody reads my posts around here, since I was the one who pimped Chuck. Ya gotta love that guy. I'm glad to see that you're writing now and out of the research trap. Just be aware that the "take it for a test drive" can be it's own trap...easy to get lost, in and hard to get out of. Personally, for what it's worth, my process involves coming up with the story idea, conceiving the characters, doing a minimum of research (until it's necessary) and then I just start puking words on the page. Not elegant, but for me it's effective. Once I have the first draft it's easy to see the plot holes, where I need more backstory, etc. Of course that's why I'm in love the the writing program Scrivner. I can write by scene or by chapter or even by snippets of an idea, put them on the cork board and shuffle things around until I'm sorta happy. (True happiness comes after the forth or fifth rewrite but before the copy editor turns it into blood sausage.) Seriously, about Chuck, read all of his 25 Things posts. He even has printed them up in ebook form for just a couple of bucks. Best investment I ever made. No, I get no money for pimping him. Happy writing! Jessie http://www.jcarth.wordpress,com
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Date: 2011-08-11 03:49 pm (UTC)I'm glad to see that you're writing now and out of the research trap. Just be aware that the "take it for a test drive" can be it's own trap...easy to get lost, in and hard to get out of.
Personally, for what it's worth, my process involves coming up with the story idea, conceiving the characters, doing a minimum of research (until it's necessary) and then I just start puking words on the page. Not elegant, but for me it's effective. Once I have the first draft it's easy to see the plot holes, where I need more backstory, etc.
Of course that's why I'm in love the the writing program Scrivner. I can write by scene or by chapter or even by snippets of an idea, put them on the cork board and shuffle things around until I'm sorta happy.
(True happiness comes after the forth or fifth rewrite but before the copy editor turns it into blood sausage.)
Seriously, about Chuck, read all of his 25 Things posts. He even has printed them up in ebook form for just a couple of bucks. Best investment I ever made. No, I get no money for pimping him.
Happy writing!
Jessie
http://www.jcarth.wordpress,com