I am part of several writer’s groups. I find that associating with writers and discussing things that are on their minds is beneficial. Recently, I had an evening discussing with writer friends about character development in stories.
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I was thinking today as I pulled up to a stoplight about how over the last 30 years traffic lights have changed. Now, almost everywhere you have a left turn arrow to make sure traffic flows logically and safely instead of having people take risks and demand the right of way when they shouldn’t. Smart move on the part of highway planners, if you ask me. I’ve heard authors talk for years about “how” to write a book, especially a fiction one. The controversy is between doing a “plot outline” and “pantsing” (which frankly sounds vaguely embarrassing!) I remember reading one “expert” who was detailing how he wrote over three hundred pages in his novel outline plan. Good for him, but I’d be so over the idea by 50 pages that I’d give up, I’m sure. On the other hand, the idea of having some vague notion of what you might write and just starting out with “It was a dark and stormy night…” usually leads to frustration and failure. |
Greg
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