tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852583071241460496.post6376758975086125395..comments2024-03-04T01:23:18.109-05:00Comments on Tangled Up In Words: "So I accidentally wrote a book..."Tangled Up Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01472367693641187926noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852583071241460496.post-84348440192129370622014-02-26T15:23:09.232-05:002014-02-26T15:23:09.232-05:00I sometimes write extracts before I actually start...I sometimes write extracts before I actually start a WIP, if an idea for a scene comes to me.ELAdamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11390894357209056149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852583071241460496.post-34217612442039945152014-02-26T15:21:43.416-05:002014-02-26T15:21:43.416-05:00I've accepted that I'll never get an openi...I've accepted that I'll never get an opening right the first time, but I usually have to know the first scene before I start! :PELAdamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11390894357209056149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852583071241460496.post-42234955724005643702014-02-25T07:34:56.507-05:002014-02-25T07:34:56.507-05:00My ideas start organically, but once a kernel of a...My ideas start organically, but once a kernel of a concept comes along, I must get organized. Currently in my WIP, I am writing the first chapter without a plan, but then I'll be outlining. Kimberly Giarratanohttp://www.kimberlyggiarratano.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852583071241460496.post-82746035361681273342014-02-24T13:56:31.293-05:002014-02-24T13:56:31.293-05:00I'm a pantser, mostly, but my process is fairl...I'm a pantser, mostly, but my process is fairly similar, although I skip out all the planning and start writing as soon as a scene or great opening line or awesome image comes to me. I used to get so hung up on first lines and not be able to write until I had the perfect opening line. I'm over that now, especially since almost all the 'perfect' opening lines I thought I started with invariably ended up NOT being the opening line of the final draft ;)Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06288802923434609582noreply@blogger.com