tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35619589.post6828196158806596219..comments2023-10-20T09:04:45.829+01:00Comments on My New Notebook: Pieces of a jigsawCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14103529618681254875noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35619589.post-3929061118816204972010-06-18T21:08:09.375+01:002010-06-18T21:08:09.375+01:00Ooooh times like this are just so exciting!Ooooh times like this are just so exciting!DJ Kirkbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08481107164497582398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35619589.post-20434695192547392952010-06-18T16:03:52.549+01:002010-06-18T16:03:52.549+01:00That's true, CJ, but my next one will have som...That's true, CJ, but my next one will have some historical backstory scenes of very specific real events, so I do need to research to get detail and settings believable.<br /><br />For the rest of it, anything could happen!Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103529618681254875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35619589.post-3772044887966334242010-06-18T14:54:17.710+01:002010-06-18T14:54:17.710+01:00I'm still trying to edit novel one but have th...I'm still trying to edit novel one but have thought about the next one two.<br /><br />I think research is all very good but it stops you from just getting on with the story itself. A fiction novel can go anyway, just like mine has!<br /><br />CJ xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35619589.post-83022578509593535012010-06-18T14:31:35.698+01:002010-06-18T14:31:35.698+01:00I think that is exactly the approach I shall take,...I think that is exactly the approach I shall take, Paul. I have to accept that I'm not a detailed planner and anyway it did work for me last time.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103529618681254875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35619589.post-23632506673192615532010-06-18T00:34:14.632+01:002010-06-18T00:34:14.632+01:00I found that despite all of the planning I did, mu...I found that despite all of the planning I did, much of my story went in directions I'd never anticipated. I don't mean the plot changed, but the weaving of it did. I'd say plan to a point and then get going with the writing. You'll only know when to revise your plan when you're actually executing it.Paulhttp://www.paullamb.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35619589.post-85902986389623369872010-06-16T20:07:48.287+01:002010-06-16T20:07:48.287+01:00Fun? It's the worst part for me!xFun? It's the worst part for me!xCathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103529618681254875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35619589.post-69282684256716161912010-06-16T19:54:41.945+01:002010-06-16T19:54:41.945+01:00I'm right there with you Cathy. I'm planni...I'm right there with you Cathy. I'm planning a new one and am at the wistful staring into space and then jumping up from the settee to write a note down...it's great fun! <br /><br />Good luck with it xMarcie Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06921930565391929367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35619589.post-75776925003822006072010-06-16T19:28:49.360+01:002010-06-16T19:28:49.360+01:00Sue and Sylvia, thanks, I think you're both ri...Sue and Sylvia, thanks, I think you're both right. With novel one I didn't plan in detail but I did have a rough plot framework before I started, so I knew the beginning and end, also a couple of turning points. I need to get at least that far with this one before I start, I think.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103529618681254875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35619589.post-38733439297538078172010-06-16T19:12:01.090+01:002010-06-16T19:12:01.090+01:00Can you do both? Spend some time planning. Write s...Can you do both? Spend some time planning. Write some of the novel to the plan but also write some unplanned stuff and incorporate that as well? That's what I've been doing, although the plan keeps changing.<br /><br />Looking up, that's pretty much what SueG said, so I'm agreeing with that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35619589.post-53553959192394993122010-06-16T17:22:46.560+01:002010-06-16T17:22:46.560+01:00That's a hard one. Sometimes all that planning...That's a hard one. Sometimes all that planning just feels like procrastination. But I do find that planning breeds writing breeds planning, if you know what I mean.Sue Guineyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13556228394020314560noreply@blogger.com