Thread: Trying to write book or a short story......
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Old 06-08-2011, 05:43 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by VydorScope View Post
That is one style for sure,and I will not knock it. I know greats who I have read give that kind of advice, such as Orson Scott Card. But the flip side of the coin is authors like Stephen King who say, the exact opposite. Stephen King absolutely has no idea where his stories are going when he starts, nor any idea who is them. Read his book, A Memoir of the Craft where he encourages new authors to abandon the concept of planing.

Different people work in different ways, the key I think is to try different things till you find what works for you.
I agree totally, and I suspect Stephen King is being slightly disingenuous.

I can say from personal experience that 30-40 percent of my novel was not in my head when I started, but at every point in the process I had a beginning, a middle, and an end firmly in mind. Sure, it changed as I went along--that's the fun of it--but from Day One to Day Done I always had an end in sight at any given moment, that's all I'm trying to say. Interesting thread.
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