#ScribesAndMakers #TTMD @Firlefanz https://www.hannah-steenbock.de/
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#ScribesAndMakers #TTMD @Firlefanz https://www.hannah-steenbock.de/
You've mentioned e.g. that Winds & Pillars came fully formed as a series https://writing.exchange/@Firlefanz/116109528275998925
What's your process like? More specifically, are your stories (at least in terms of overall arcs) mostly formed already when you start writing, or do they grow into shape during the writing taking twists and turns you as author did not expect?
(This is separate and distinct from how easily words flow into a document while writing.
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#ScribesAndMakers #TTMD @Firlefanz https://www.hannah-steenbock.de/
You've mentioned e.g. that Winds & Pillars came fully formed as a series https://writing.exchange/@Firlefanz/116109528275998925
What's your process like? More specifically, are your stories (at least in terms of overall arcs) mostly formed already when you start writing, or do they grow into shape during the writing taking twists and turns you as author did not expect?
(This is separate and distinct from how easily words flow into a document while writing.
)What's your process like? More specifically, are your stories (at least in terms of overall arcs) mostly formed already when you start writing, or do they grow into shape during the writing taking twists and turns you as author did not expect?
I like to call myself a plantser.
That means, I usually know the beginning and the end, i.e. what I'm writing towards.
Everything else is something I discover when I write the story. I need the discovery.
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What's your process like? More specifically, are your stories (at least in terms of overall arcs) mostly formed already when you start writing, or do they grow into shape during the writing taking twists and turns you as author did not expect?
I like to call myself a plantser.
That means, I usually know the beginning and the end, i.e. what I'm writing towards.
Everything else is something I discover when I write the story. I need the discovery.
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And yes, part of the discovery are really surprising twists that flow out of my fingers quite unexpectedly.
West flinging himself into the harbor was one of those. I stared at that page for a while.
I tried plotting out stories, and they died on the vine. No energy, no curiosity, no fun.
So now I hand over the reins to Writer Brain and let it do its thing. It took a while to develop that trust, but by now it really works.
