Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Jun 16 2010
Plot, structure and accountability to the reader
Writers, I'm going to point to a recent Unsearchable Riches blog post by Jessica Tudor, titled On Plotting. There's a part of me that enjoys a form of fiction writing I can only describe as soap opera writing. It's character-driven and involves writing in an almost stream-of-consciousness or improv style with no specific beginning or end. That part of me always balks at plotting out a full story ahead of time. I can completely understand Jessica Tudor's grappling with plot, structure and story.
I do believe we produce our best work when we allow our natural style of storytelling to come through without force. We don't want to have the reader wondering what just happened all the time and turning back a few pages to see if they missed something we said, but we can't continue to write against our nature without compromising our own integrity. Ms. Tudor describes this conflict in a way that I think most fiction writers can use to help keep us on track in telling a story, whether our plotting habits tend to be tightly-structured or on-the-fly.
posted at: 06:51 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
Writers, I'm going to point to a recent Unsearchable Riches blog post by Jessica Tudor, titled On Plotting. There's a part of me that enjoys a form of fiction writing I can only describe as soap opera writing. It's character-driven and involves writing in an almost stream-of-consciousness or improv style with no specific beginning or end. That part of me always balks at plotting out a full story ahead of time. I can completely understand Jessica Tudor's grappling with plot, structure and story.
I do believe we produce our best work when we allow our natural style of storytelling to come through without force. We don't want to have the reader wondering what just happened all the time and turning back a few pages to see if they missed something we said, but we can't continue to write against our nature without compromising our own integrity. Ms. Tudor describes this conflict in a way that I think most fiction writers can use to help keep us on track in telling a story, whether our plotting habits tend to be tightly-structured or on-the-fly.
posted at: 06:51 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
