tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post3945109645773385461..comments2023-08-04T06:26:40.308-04:00Comments on Avalon Authors: GOOD MORNING!Sandy Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02824301408180614516noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post-73026752284913336652011-03-22T09:26:19.669-04:002011-03-22T09:26:19.669-04:00Sandy: Thanks for stopping by! I agree. Our reader...Sandy: Thanks for stopping by! I agree. Our readers are very special. They could be playing a video game or watching television but instead they are reading our works so they deserve the best we've got!<br />Mulligangirl: Veer away...that's where we find those moments to remember!Carolyn Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14704111268464382004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post-33784328554355984992011-03-22T00:06:31.327-04:002011-03-22T00:06:31.327-04:00I love your view on this! I tend to call myself a ...I love your view on this! I tend to call myself a plotter, but in reality, that's not strictly true. I do approach the the first draft with a detailed outline, but by the time I'm on chapter 5 I'm supposed to be in chapter 3 and I've gone down some path I never knew existed. The outline gives me the courage to set out with a destination in mind. Allowing myself to veer off lets the creative side have some fun.Rebecca L. Boscheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532242944189083737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post-28144849431075004672011-03-21T21:32:41.542-04:002011-03-21T21:32:41.542-04:00Carolyn and Ian, I think both of you hit the nail ...Carolyn and Ian, I think both of you hit the nail on the head that most of us are a combination of pantster and plotter. I know I need at least an idea of where I'm going before I start, but following the detours my characters lead me down is what makes writing fun for me - and it gotta be fun for the writer if it's gonna be fun for the reader.Sandy Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824301408180614516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post-58531063379402168112011-03-21T09:55:41.053-04:002011-03-21T09:55:41.053-04:00Good morning I.J.: I betcha you're right on th...Good morning I.J.: I betcha you're right on the money about the plotters and pantsters being more alike than they'd care to admit. Maybe it takes both for a creative mind to work?Carolyn Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14704111268464382004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post-12525037959306419112011-03-21T05:13:10.248-04:002011-03-21T05:13:10.248-04:00I reckon most pantsters plot more than they care t...I reckon most pantsters plot more than they care to admit and most plotters wing it more than they admit. Me, I'm a critical masser. I get just enough of the story straight in my mind that I build up that critical mass of interest that forces me to write, while having enough blanks to fill in later when I get to know my characters that, again, creates a critical mass in my mind to write and find out what happens.I.J. Parnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08933834936324859175noreply@blogger.com