tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078064962090919088.post4863073137893210917..comments2024-03-29T02:19:17.591-04:00Comments on Focused on Story: What's Your Choice? Outliner and/or Seat-of-the-Pants Writer?, A Gift for You, Save 25%J.Q. Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04710790553616621103noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078064962090919088.post-84429699220025307572017-11-19T17:53:25.156-05:002017-11-19T17:53:25.156-05:00I am definitely a pantser! I sit at the computer, ...I am definitely a pantser! I sit at the computer, and the words come from my brain to my fingers. Cannot explain it better than that. I have conversations with my characters, and sometimes real arguments...they all seem to have minds of their own LOL Once in a while I will use a mind map, but never an outline...hated them in school, hate them now! But I do a lot of editing before sending the Mikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08371767512022913349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078064962090919088.post-46731575432807433642017-11-17T12:33:42.554-05:002017-11-17T12:33:42.554-05:00Hi Marsha, thanks so much for letting us in on how...Hi Marsha, thanks so much for letting us in on how you write your novels. 100 things that should happen in your first book! I love that idea. You were really in touch with your story. Must have worked pretty well. Now you're on #6 novel, I think. WTG!!! I really enjoy writing short stories. I guess because I can see the results in hours rather than months/years. Wishing you and your family a J.Q. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04710790553616621103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078064962090919088.post-16781596222779709782017-11-17T10:22:08.333-05:002017-11-17T10:22:08.333-05:00Hey, JQ. I've always fallen more on the plotte...Hey, JQ. I've always fallen more on the plotter side of the scale. Even with my first book, before I knew anything, I made a list of over 100 things that should happen in roughly a chronological order. Of course, that shifted as I went along. Now I call myself a "pantser." I do some of the forms your writer talked about. Fairly good character outlines, and a conflict chart. Then I Marshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010048187355215576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078064962090919088.post-52198101433753374372017-11-16T14:01:22.575-05:002017-11-16T14:01:22.575-05:00Hi Nan, oh yes, deliver me from preparing a full o...Hi Nan, oh yes, deliver me from preparing a full outline. I usually scratch a few ideas down in my spiral notebook, especially the dramatic scene ideas. So happy to hear you are working on your novel. Go for it!!J.Q. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04710790553616621103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078064962090919088.post-21181653363357018422017-11-16T13:59:54.771-05:002017-11-16T13:59:54.771-05:00Hi Juneta, I've never heard about being a pant...Hi Juneta, I've never heard about being a pantyliner. Made me laugh at that. Thanks for sharing this new term. I think I may join you with that distinction!J.Q. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04710790553616621103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078064962090919088.post-45420409447244677592017-11-16T13:58:41.228-05:002017-11-16T13:58:41.228-05:00Hi Helena, Yes, we're having plenty of sunshin...Hi Helena, Yes, we're having plenty of sunshine. Perfect weather for me in mid 70's--23 C for you. I agree. I like being flexible with that outline. Most of the time the ending I thought would happen is not the one that ends the book! So much for planning!J.Q. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04710790553616621103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078064962090919088.post-62492256228457368762017-11-16T12:15:53.544-05:002017-11-16T12:15:53.544-05:00Congrats on finishing the draft of Sunshine Boulev...Congrats on finishing the draft of Sunshine Boulevard! <br /><br />I love Juneta's reference to pantyliners. I might be in that category. I try to do some preliminary sketching out of the story line, but I find full outlining too boring, so I usually just jump in and start writing and keep sketching/outlining the story line as I go along. With my memoir, I didn't worry much about the Nan Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02274653384382982086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078064962090919088.post-43696212148014864592017-11-16T11:10:02.136-05:002017-11-16T11:10:02.136-05:00Started as a panster but heard a new term recently...Started as a panster but heard a new term recently I am now a pantyliner as I have learned to use a brief outline and/or beats. Congrats on your progress. Juneta keyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08815758043024184034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078064962090919088.post-24446936112279497792017-11-16T05:28:39.469-05:002017-11-16T05:28:39.469-05:00Congratulations on finishing Terror on Sunshine Bo...Congratulations on finishing Terror on Sunshine Boulevard, JQ. I love the title! Love your cute photo, too :) Hope you're having plenty of sunshine at the moment!<br />When writing, I do a mixture of outlining and just "listening to my characters". I don't like too strict an outline, as I may have an idea and want to change things.<br />Helena Fairfaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00435930085468105031noreply@blogger.com