Comments on: Striking a Balance http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/2010/02/04/striking-a-balance/ Mystery Author Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:05:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Elizabeth http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/2010/02/04/striking-a-balance/#comment-2099 Elizabeth Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:03:56 +0000 http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/?p=543#comment-2099 I'm with you, Lynn. I find that when I don't listen to what the story is telling me, I have a harder time writing. And most of the time those "surprises" I didn't see coming (a twist in the plot, a character I wasn't expecting, etc.) end up being some of the best parts of the book when it's all said and done. I very rarely take something out. Unless it was a thread that didn't go anywhere. If something came to me while writing--there's always a reason. I’m with you, Lynn. I find that when I don’t listen to what the story is telling me, I have a harder time writing. And most of the time those “surprises” I didn’t see coming (a twist in the plot, a character I wasn’t expecting, etc.) end up being some of the best parts of the book when it’s all said and done.

I very rarely take something out. Unless it was a thread that didn’t go anywhere. If something came to me while writing–there’s always a reason.

]]> By: Nikki http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/2010/02/04/striking-a-balance/#comment-2098 Nikki Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:24:20 +0000 http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/?p=543#comment-2098 Great info...now, if you do not do a structured outline, once you have most of the first draft would you say you more often end up taking out some of those little things in revisions...or adding new ones to fit the storyline? Great info…now, if you do not do a structured outline, once you have most of the first draft would you say you more often end up taking out some of those little things in revisions…or adding new ones to fit the storyline?

]]> By: Lynn http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/2010/02/04/striking-a-balance/#comment-2097 Lynn Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:11:05 +0000 http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/?p=543#comment-2097 I let my characters tell me the story. Don't laugh, it's true. I plot out some basic guidelines, boy meets girl, girl hates boy, then they fall in love, and the setting...the alien base camp on the moon. I usually know what the first scene is going to look like but when I get typing, things come out of their mouths that I didn't know was going to happen. I also seem to center a story around a place. Like I have this place from back home that I know has a story to tell me, I just haven't been listening enough yet to figure out what it is. I know I'm sounding kind of whoo -whoo but I think it's actually my subconcious taking credit for the voices. I let my characters tell me the story. Don’t laugh, it’s true. I plot out some basic guidelines, boy meets girl, girl hates boy, then they fall in love, and the setting…the alien base camp on the moon. I usually know what the first scene is going to look like but when I get typing, things come out of their mouths that I didn’t know was going to happen.

I also seem to center a story around a place. Like I have this place from back home that I know has a story to tell me, I just haven’t been listening enough yet to figure out what it is.

I know I’m sounding kind of whoo -whoo but I think it’s actually my subconcious taking credit for the voices.

]]> By: Chris C http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/2010/02/04/striking-a-balance/#comment-2095 Chris C Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:00:08 +0000 http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/?p=543#comment-2095 Thanks Elizabeth, that was very informative. Thanks Elizabeth, that was very informative.

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