My writing process involves playing scenes in my head as daydreams. I use daydreaming to play out possible scenarios in my head to try to work out the most likely outcomes. It’s like running a simulation only the simulation is…
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Daydreams as a tool
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Posted in General Opinion
Posted in General Opinion
Freeing Your Thoughts
If you have a problem to think through, you should spend some time gathering your thoughts. It can be beneficial. Usually, I need someplace quiet, although sometimes it helps if I have music or something. There is no right place…
The Seven Stages of Writing pt. 2
The fourth stage of writing is plotting. Some writers make detailed plot outlines, others just dive in and write. The former are meticulous and the latter actually plot in their heads and go with that. The former have a firm…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Dreams
I don’t remember my dreams as a rule. I keep my tablet handy in case I do wake up and remember a dream. It’s good to write them down as sometimes they can lead somewhere in fictions. Dreams are process…
Mind Maps
A mind map is a tool for solving problems. It can be as simple a blank piece of paper that you doodle on as you brainstorm ideas, or it can be a computer program like Microsoft’s Vision or Project. Prices…
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Posted in Writing Techniques
Posted in Writing Techniques
Climate Change
April showers bring May flowers. That’s the rhyme, but it often doesn’t work out that way. It’s just a way to make people feel better about the wet days that seem to happen in April in the northern hemisphere. Lately,…
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Posted in General Opinion
Posted in General Opinion
Writing Methods–What Works For Me
I put the bare bones of my characters in the Mini-bio and expand them in my notes and in the charts. It gives me a very advanced and well developed – I hope – character. It’s what works for me,…
Automation
People automate too many things. It’s not always good to automate, because machines are not good at making decisions. I once read an article on job hunting that said that often companies create a program that scans resumes to narrow…
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Posted in General Opinion
Posted in General Opinion
The Story in Three Acts
Most fiction is based on three acts, although I suppose you could have more. Fiction should be like a hill. Act I takes you to the base of the hill. Act II is the actual hill and Act III is…
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Posted in Writing Fiction
Posted in Writing Fiction
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