Writing is one of the great joys of my life. My books both published and
unpublished are an immense source of pride for me. I have talked with many
writers and their styles vary widely. Some writers like to just sit down
and write what flows forth. I actually envy such writers. To be able
to just sit down without a second thought and produce a novel is nothing short
of miraculous. Whenever I have tried to write in such a fashion, either
the entire piece I produce ends up being deleted or I need to do a major rewrite
that takes longer than doing it right the first time. Other writers write
a rough draft and then write the finished work. If that works for you, I
could not be happier. It was the method I was taught in school back in the
days before word processors and automatic spell-check. Now I find it
redundant and a general waste of my time. My style is just that; my
style. It is not meant to work for others and has taken many years to get
down correctly. I base my style on the way I was taught to give a
speech. You accumulate all your facts or in my case, story bits.
Then you write them out in bullet point fashion on a piece of paper. Once
that is done you number the points in the order that you want to go through
them. Then you walk through the story, point by point, and see how it
flows. If something is out of order or it is not leading to the next
point, you adjust accordingly. Once you have it down, you write it.
That is the easy part. Once it is written you reread the piece from start
to finish and look for holes in the story or items that do not make sense.
If you are satisfied, you move on to the next section of the story. It is
far from the fastest way to write, but it is the one way I find I can be
satisfied with my work. This formula can be used on both large and small
scales. When you are coming up with the book you bullet point the major
events. Then you put them in order. The challenge is to go from one
point to the next while developing the story and characters. Everything
you do must be leading to the next point. Each point is further broken
down into the series of events that come to pass. The same formula is
used. Sometimes I storyboard the ideas when I am doing a complex series of
actions or conversations. Otherwise the order becomes confused and I end
up missing out on something I needed to address. The conversations can be
particularly taxing as your talk must start at one point and follow a logical
pattern to reach the next point. If it sounds like a lot of work, you are
right. Writing is a true labor of love. If you don’t love what you
are writing it grows tiresome quickly. I happen to be lucky enough to love
what I write about.
unpublished are an immense source of pride for me. I have talked with many
writers and their styles vary widely. Some writers like to just sit down
and write what flows forth. I actually envy such writers. To be able
to just sit down without a second thought and produce a novel is nothing short
of miraculous. Whenever I have tried to write in such a fashion, either
the entire piece I produce ends up being deleted or I need to do a major rewrite
that takes longer than doing it right the first time. Other writers write
a rough draft and then write the finished work. If that works for you, I
could not be happier. It was the method I was taught in school back in the
days before word processors and automatic spell-check. Now I find it
redundant and a general waste of my time. My style is just that; my
style. It is not meant to work for others and has taken many years to get
down correctly. I base my style on the way I was taught to give a
speech. You accumulate all your facts or in my case, story bits.
Then you write them out in bullet point fashion on a piece of paper. Once
that is done you number the points in the order that you want to go through
them. Then you walk through the story, point by point, and see how it
flows. If something is out of order or it is not leading to the next
point, you adjust accordingly. Once you have it down, you write it.
That is the easy part. Once it is written you reread the piece from start
to finish and look for holes in the story or items that do not make sense.
If you are satisfied, you move on to the next section of the story. It is
far from the fastest way to write, but it is the one way I find I can be
satisfied with my work. This formula can be used on both large and small
scales. When you are coming up with the book you bullet point the major
events. Then you put them in order. The challenge is to go from one
point to the next while developing the story and characters. Everything
you do must be leading to the next point. Each point is further broken
down into the series of events that come to pass. The same formula is
used. Sometimes I storyboard the ideas when I am doing a complex series of
actions or conversations. Otherwise the order becomes confused and I end
up missing out on something I needed to address. The conversations can be
particularly taxing as your talk must start at one point and follow a logical
pattern to reach the next point. If it sounds like a lot of work, you are
right. Writing is a true labor of love. If you don’t love what you
are writing it grows tiresome quickly. I happen to be lucky enough to love
what I write about.
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