07-07-2012, 11:50 AM | #46 | |
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Not that I can't imagine how someone else could do it any differently, but that's the one method that works for me. And it results in minimal burning (See? I do remember the OP!). |
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07-07-2012, 03:50 PM | #47 |
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BTW - current reading a series... but I'll grab one of your books and check it out soon. Which one would you suggest I read first?
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07-07-2012, 04:40 PM | #48 | |
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Or go with The Kestral Voyages: My Life, After Berserker. Sci-fi ala Star Trek and Firefly. Or, if you're not into SF, try Despite Our Shadows, a sexy noir mystery. And if you actually like them... for Gods' sake, tell somebody. |
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07-07-2012, 04:43 PM | #49 | |
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07-07-2012, 08:43 PM | #50 |
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Hey, VydorScope, did you ever take mine for a spin? If you ever want to, just let me know and I'll email you a free copy of whichever one you want to read.
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07-07-2012, 08:47 PM | #51 |
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Nope, do not think so? I have been working through a YA series that has been actually very entertaining in a cute YA way. It is called 80 A.D. heh Sounds like I will have to start a real TBR list instead of the random collection of books I do not recall downloading on my Nook.
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07-08-2012, 10:54 AM | #53 | |
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As I said, the first actual manuscript is really the "final draft," and only needs a read-through and polishing to be finalized. |
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07-17-2012, 08:49 PM | #54 |
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Good post on SFWA site Guest Post:
Really, Your Outline Does Not Have to Be Perfect by Mary Robinette Kowal http://www.sfwa.org/2012/07/guest-po...to-be-perfect/ |
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07-17-2012, 09:50 PM | #56 | |
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As for outlining, etc., I don't have a standard approach. Some novels I outline - usually in a single sitting. Others I just start writing and see where it takes me. And then there's at least one series I'm writing that has an "outline" of a sorts, except that it's only in my head. I suppose that counts as "vary[ing my] tools and technique." |
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09-13-2012, 01:23 AM | #58 |
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This is a great thread. It's inspiring to read about all the different attacks at writing, and getting the finished product. I didn't used to do formal outlines and just kind of charged in writing from a general idea in my head, but not now. I do the rigorous outline and I'm thankful for it. I force myself to get the whole thing fleshed out from beginning to end, before I start committing to any major word count. It's helped out a lot, and has eliminated a ton of revisions ... though the 'fleshing out' stage is a killer. And of course, there's some changes as the story goes along, while the thinking gets fine-tuned and unforeseen snags crop up, but a lot less of them...
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