tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post5933515561262662185..comments2024-03-27T10:02:56.747-04:00Comments on Fiction University: A 9-Step Plotting Path to a Stronger NovelJanice Hardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356672149097741248noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-32233739394096876502021-08-15T10:03:06.189-04:002021-08-15T10:03:06.189-04:00This. Is. Brilliant.
Each step you take strongly ...This. Is. Brilliant. <br />Each step you take strongly resonates w/ me. (I'm a FT Indie novelist, so I've been around the block a few times) and have tried a bunch of outline techniques and this one sits well w/ me. I'm saving this for my next work. <br /><br />I'm a somewhat experienced writer, so the only comment on this method would be don't be shy about bouncing back and forth b/t the steps as you do your first development steps. <br /><br />For example, maybe your character's really not all that real for you yet. You see her age/height/and maybe a quality or flaw, but she's not really 'real' yet... <br /><br />As I would go through throwing obstacles at her, I'd sit back and think stuff like, 'After climbing over the fallen trees, Annabelle confronts a pack of wild dogs....' <br /><br />Now possibilities open up:<br />Maybe Annabelle is terrified of dogs. Or...<br />Maybe Annabelle LOVES dogs? And now...<br />I'd start thinking about Annabelle's relationship w/ animals in general...<br /><br />Here's my point: <br />As my character deals w/ each of these obstacles, more of her own personality comes to me. By the end of the process you put up I'd have a really good handle on her; much deeper than the shallow rough sketch I had at the start. Isn't there something about how relationships develop in conflicts in real life? I think that could also be the case b/t me and my MC in this work. She'd reveal more of herself to me as I proceed through these steps.<br /><br />Again, hella post. Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17957637963019938163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901370917824739259.post-67362964841307511592021-08-14T08:51:12.894-04:002021-08-14T08:51:12.894-04:00Great tips. Thank you.Great tips. Thank you.BKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14347297074791079439noreply@blogger.com