Comments on: Writing a New Era of an Old Conflict

By: Bobby Revell

Bobby Revell — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:45:03 +0000

My favorite thing to happen is while writing later chapters, you uncover great ideas that require you to go back and basically rewrite the entire manuscript. It can be disheartening when you have to pilfer through 100,000+ words hahaha! Luckily for me, I’m not trying to write a mystery or investigative drama where every nuance controls a plot twist. My writing just doesn’t swing that way. Good luck Dan. Just remember, even if you never find those lost notes, you can still salvage the tale and possibly make it better than you originally had it. I can’t plan out a novel until after 10,000 or more words into it, which is where my real notes begin. I start with a very simple seed and build from it. You maybe a pre-constructionist style write, I really don’t know I tend to be a free former and my best stuff seems to happen if I don’t plan anything. One thing is for sure, after really dumping all my effort into my current project, I’m starting to learn how to construct a novel which will make my second much better than my first. Again . . . I wish you success in getting it done

By: dcr

dcr — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:55:59 +0000

Well, I’ve hit a stumbling block. I went into my file cabinet to get my notes, which contains character descriptions, plot points, and the backstory, and found the file was empty. I can’t remember if it’s in a folder or a 3-ring binder. Either way, I’ve spent about 3 hours searching now, and I have run out of places to look. I’ve even checked the same places a couple times, just in case I missed it the first time around. I’ve looked in places I knew it wouldn’t be, and was right. I have no idea where else they might be. Usually, if something isn’t in the file, that means I have it and am working on it. I’ll have to look again tomorrow to see if I misfiled it, but I can’t imagine that happening, and I already checked a couple files of things I’ve used recently to see if I had put it in there by mistake. Very frustrating. I wanted to scan those notes in too so I’d have them for easier access.

By: meleah rebeccah

meleah rebeccah — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:14:46 +0000

it amazes me how when writing, stories just take on a life of their own and find away to develop the way the do. I think you did the right thing by going with the story that drew you in more than the one you scanned in! And I fully appreciate just how HARD writing a story really is! Keep up the good work!! I cant tell you the number of hours Ive spent just contemplating characters and what they would say!