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Questions to ponder part 12
mare:
I really do need to stop making everyone hate the poor guy LOL Sorry, Kevin.
RokofAges75:
You would probably like 2Ge+her (the movie, anyway). I wish that was on Netflix!
RokofAges75:
How flexible are you when it comes to plotting your stories?
I know some of us are planners, while others are more "go with the flow"/"fly by the seat of your pants" writers, so this might be more of a question for the planners, even if you just plan in your own head instead of in an actual outline. But when you plan for something to happen in a story, do you tend to be rigid about sticking to your plan, or do you often change your mind? What would it take to change your mind about something that was all but set in stone?
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on August 03, 2014, 06:29:18 AM ---How flexible are you when it comes to plotting your stories?
I know some of us are planners, while others are more "go with the flow"/"fly by the seat of your pants" writers, so this might be more of a question for the planners, even if you just plan in your own head instead of in an actual outline. But when you plan for something to happen in a story, do you tend to be rigid about sticking to your plan, or do you often change your mind? What would it take to change your mind about something that was all but set in stone?
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I am not someone who comes up with outlines, but I also am not someone who just wings it either. I'm kind of in the middle. I always know how I want to start and end something and also have a pretty firm grasp on the direction I want to take but the road to that conclusion is very flexible as far as I'm concerned. I do change my mind a fair amount of times while writing, I mean nothing overly drastic but sometimes my characters really do take over and bring the story down another road I wasn't expecting it to go and as long as it doesn't really affect the final outcome too much I will trust them and go with it.
The only time I will completely change my mind when it's set in stone is if it's becoming too predictable. Alluding back to the other thread and the reviews rant for a second... I really take my reviews as a barometer of how successful I am at going from point A to point B, especially the action stories with layered plots. If I see the reviewers are constantly guessing right, it makes me think I'm being too predictable and maybe I'll change one facet of something to stir things up. Also if I see a few people asking the same questions, it makes me think I'm not accurately portraying something as clear as it needs to be so I might change or simplify something to help with this. Whatever the Night May Bring is a perfect example of a story that I made some decisions based solely on what people were saying in reviews.
FrickingKaos:
I see we were chatty yesterday lol. I came on here to find three pages to catch up on. And I agree Mare reminds me of a cat too. :p
Damn work getting in the way of me being online and stuff. It's not my fault people love tacos haha
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