Friday Linkspam

... it was like to be a kid? Good perspective. But this list just doesn't work for me, at all. Liquid Story Binder Tutorials: Setting Up for Brainstorming , Setting Up for Plotters , and Setting Up for Pantsers Liquid Story Binder is the closest thing I as a PC user can find to the Mac's much-vaunted Scrivener, but it's got one hell of a learning curve. These are the best tutorials I've found ...

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Workshop: The "W" Plot

... a novel! How many of us have made this decision, then stared at that blank page or computer screen without a clue how to proceed? What about those of us who write by the seat of our pants, the pantsers? Do we dare risk scaring off our muse by [shudder] plotting our story? How do the mega-plotters, the overachievers, know when it's time to stop and just put pen to paper? Join four-time Golden ...

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From Start To Finish pt. 2

... need some form of organization. There are a very tiny number of people in the world who are true pantsers -- that can write by the seat of their pants, no outline, no synopsis, no plan. In my experience, there are far more people who think that they are pantsers. In reality, even the most spontaneous of people require some kind of structure (and I consider myself very spontaneous...

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CONTEST: an overview

... skeleton even for a short story. He lays out all of this before he starts to write. Clearly Jim Butcher is a plotter, laying out the outline in some detail before he starts writing. There are also pantsers or discovery writers who prefer to do their thinking by writing. I'm not sure that either way is automatically best, but it is worthwhile to explore what works for you. And reflect on it from ...

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Making Time to Write

... activities leading to the production of work (as opposed to marketing or business activity) since I started doing this. 6) Try planning your work. This won't work for everyone because there are true "pantsers" who lose the creative drive if they know what happens next, but for some people, always knowing what happens next and planning the whole book ahead of time can save a lot of time in the ...

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Outlining Workshop - Intro and Sign up!

...story idea generation and loglines. August’s workshop will focus on that love-it-or-hate-it concept: outlining! They say most writers fall into one of two camps: the outliners and the seat-of-the-pantsers. But I’ve always thought we—as a species—are a little more complicated than that. There’s a lot of room between fleshing out every single detail of your plot before you start and putting pen ...

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Holiday? What holiday?

... enjoying what I’m getting. I’m hoping to be done in another week or so (which might be wishful thinking). It’s been a while since I blogged - sorry! And I have a half-written post about editing-and-pantsers (since I am one), but I haven’t finished it yet. I will some time this week. And blog about my photography session, because it was a lot of fun. And um, some other stuff. And since I’m a ...

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I hate being sick...

... that I'm not the only one who does this. There are plenty of people out there that do this. I call them the shit pantsers. And yes, I call myself that as well because I and the other shit pantsers are the people that wouldn't go out of our own way to take off our pants before trying to shit in the toilet so we...

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TotM: More than you wanted to know

...I discover the perfect plotting method, writing the – you know – story will be easy. Yes, ha. Until I find perfection, though, I’ve used this complicated (yet still half-assed enough to please some pantsers) method to plot my last three urban fantasy romances (um, only one of which sold, so caveat lector): High concept: I usually start with a vague idea. Often a “what if.” I squash it ...

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[wednesday roundup] Linky-Dinky-Do

I'm subscribed to the RSS feeds of a LOT of writing blogs. I decided to share the interesting stuff that comes up. Here you go! Toni Andrews, at Deadline Dames, writes about using SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) charts to help plan your writing career . Charlene Teglia gives a list of ten reasons to write a story, even when you feel like it's not worthwhile . Emma Wayne ...

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