tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759789976253980784.post5513649538857813415..comments2023-10-25T04:48:34.609-04:00Comments on Claudie A.: Unraveling the plotClaudie A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10726598163986994132noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759789976253980784.post-6433909547699681892010-10-04T11:20:35.189-04:002010-10-04T11:20:35.189-04:00Wow. Now that is a dedication I have yet to show. ...Wow. Now that is a dedication I have yet to show. I jump from one project to another at lightning speed. Sticking to the same is a challenge for me.Claudie A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10726598163986994132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759789976253980784.post-11719006577280789692010-10-04T04:05:05.375-04:002010-10-04T04:05:05.375-04:00Yes, it's my first, though before I ever start...Yes, it's my first, though before I ever started writing it I already had the full plot ideas for a four book arc. I have started the second, which is a prequel. I had the basic idea for what The Shard story would be more than twenty years ago...Ted Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022309459554237650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759789976253980784.post-67546748023159553922010-10-01T15:36:49.729-04:002010-10-01T15:36:49.729-04:00@Aimee: I'm character-driven in the sense that...@Aimee: I'm character-driven in the sense that it's where I look when I need conflict, but there's a point in all my planning where characters, setting and plot become so tightly enmeshed you can't tell them apart. That's when I have a story. :)<br /><br />@Ted: Eesh, I already feel like a lose a lot of time messing with different projects, I can't imagine if I spent years planning each of them out. Was The Shard your first novel?Claudie A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10726598163986994132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759789976253980784.post-23250734277230861042010-10-01T14:20:49.815-04:002010-10-01T14:20:49.815-04:00I don't recommend my methed, which seems to be...I don't recommend my methed, which seems to be to come up with some character ideas and also some scene ideas, not necessarily related, and let everything simmer for years until suddenly I realize it's all a book (or two or three).Ted Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022309459554237650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759789976253980784.post-46598959313215755842010-10-01T12:41:30.633-04:002010-10-01T12:41:30.633-04:00This is great. All of my stories are very characte...This is great. All of my stories are very character driven, which, in my opinion, is the best way to go. Create compelling characters and the rest of the story will fall right around them. Every character must be ambitious in their own way. They have to want something, and something must get in the way of them reaching it. This is conflict. Great post!Aimée Jodoinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064718577605753502noreply@blogger.com