tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post721135186153682839..comments2024-03-28T08:01:16.284-04:00Comments on Eclectic writer: How She Does It - Roseanne DowellJanet Lane Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-45583573939316792632012-04-07T11:35:41.868-04:002012-04-07T11:35:41.868-04:00My stories always start with one or two characters...My stories always start with one or two characters. I 'see' them in my imagination, and then I think 'what-if', and away we go.<br />I generally have a good idea about how the plot will play out when I start, though. I avoid writing too much detail regarding plot and story line at the beginning. Tends to stifle creativity for me. I do have a full go at my characters, much as Ro has stated, so they are fully fleshed out in my mind from the get-go. <br />Now that I'm into full length mystery writing, I have to pay more attention to story line and sub-plots before I go too far. One little trick I use now that I write exclusively onto the screen is to leave a sequence of plot guidelines in quotes ahead of where I'm working. So I guess that is pre-plotting in a basic way. <br />Fun discussion today.<br />PDPat Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12190006506963492515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-58360895216449316822012-04-07T10:57:06.170-04:002012-04-07T10:57:06.170-04:00I write pretty much the same way Ro does. Which p...I write pretty much the same way Ro does. Which probably explains the almost instant sisterhood.Gail Roughtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08614223212736801906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6690115855424436248.post-71051254305658236322012-04-07T04:20:03.962-04:002012-04-07T04:20:03.962-04:00I do my plot first. I need the story idea, with th...I do my plot first. I need the story idea, with the HEA, in my head before I "see" my hero and heroine.<br />I usually choose a setting I'm familiar with so my characters and I have some "common ground" of knowledge!Marianne Stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05277593485137508765noreply@blogger.com