Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Jan 20 2010
Just telling the story
I did something today on a lark, something very good for me, but totally unexpected and unscheduled. It was so unlike what we're instructed to do as fiction writers. We're encouraged to outline or do detailed character sketches, have daily writing goals and discipline. But there's something to be said for just getting good things done in life. That can also be true for writing. It's not wrong to make detailed character sketches or create outlines. But We can spend so much time thinking and planning and developing that we never get around to just telling the story.
posted at: 18:57 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
I did something today on a lark, something very good for me, but totally unexpected and unscheduled. It was so unlike what we're instructed to do as fiction writers. We're encouraged to outline or do detailed character sketches, have daily writing goals and discipline. But there's something to be said for just getting good things done in life. That can also be true for writing. It's not wrong to make detailed character sketches or create outlines. But We can spend so much time thinking and planning and developing that we never get around to just telling the story.
posted at: 18:57 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
