Do you ever save your "best" story idea until you can do it justice? - Page 3

RK Ryals · 10-29-2011, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Will Hadcroft

I do too! I wrote the first version of Anne Droyd as a TV script, and then novelised my unfilmed script as a book. Interestingly, a number of people have said it would make a great kid's TV series.

That's amazing! And quite the compliment. It's great to hear that people can visualize your story vividly enough to be considered for television!

Keryl Raist · 10-29-2011, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by RK Ryals

LOL! I agree! If I had to publish one of my stories using only the first draft, it would be 80 to 90 percent dialogue. I'm definitely one of the latter. I think in terms of words, then I insert images and secondary actions.

Yeah, if you look at my working notes, there's often things like "Insert description here" in them.

morriss003 · 11-06-2011, 03:55 PM

I don't wait until I can do it justice, but I go back and rewrite a lot. A book kind of evolves with me. I think about the story, I listen to the characters speak to each other, and I imagine the adventures or conflicts that they might have. Gradually, the book evolves. When the book is far along, I go back and begin to insert descriptions of the characters so the reader can visualize them.

WPotocki · 11-10-2011, 09:28 PM

Yes, I do.

I got an idea for a book about 7 or 8 years ago. It's very grand and about enlightenment and a variety of esoteric subjects. I am holding back on it because I'm not ready to write it. Just not.

It's funny because when I got the idea, a poem immediately came to me ... it's a poem that the protagonist writes in his diary. It opens the book. And part of one chapter came. It's almost at the end of it. The rest of it? I'm holding off.

There's also a detective series that I put off. Not ready for that either. It's about an unsavory subject. I usually write horror. Somehow writing about disgusting things that can't possibly happen is okay with me, but when it comes to penning things that could be real ... that'll take some doing.

11-06-2011, 03:55 PM	#33
morriss003 Evangelist Posts: 438 Karma: 3409790 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Maui Device: kindle	Evolution of the book I don't wait until I can do it justice, but I go back and rewrite a lot. A book kind of evolves with me. I think about the story, I listen to the characters speak to each other, and I imagine the adventures or conflicts that they might have. Gradually, the book evolves. When the book is far along, I go back and begin to insert descriptions of the characters so the reader can visualize them.

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11-10-2011, 09:28 PM	#34
WPotocki Connoisseur Posts: 89 Karma: 399622 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: NYC Device: none	Yes, I do. I got an idea for a book about 7 or 8 years ago. It's very grand and about enlightenment and a variety of esoteric subjects. I am holding back on it because I'm not ready to write it. Just not. It's funny because when I got the idea, a poem immediately came to me ... it's a poem that the protagonist writes in his diary. It opens the book. And part of one chapter came. It's almost at the end of it. The rest of it? I'm holding off. There's also a detective series that I put off. Not ready for that either. It's about an unsavory subject. I usually write horror. Somehow writing about disgusting things that can't possibly happen is okay with me, but when it comes to penning things that could be real ... that'll take some doing.

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