tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post3867007509008112367..comments2023-10-15T05:01:43.528-07:00Comments on Bamboo Killers: Starting almost overEmily Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-52014258511403437102009-06-10T07:45:18.916-07:002009-06-10T07:45:18.916-07:00You don't have to defend your method to me. I&...You don't have to defend your method to me. I'm glad it works for you. I use a different system that works for me.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-45283207933683640722009-06-10T07:22:55.713-07:002009-06-10T07:22:55.713-07:00I use them because they aren't your babies unt...I use them because they aren't your babies until they're on the page - as it were.<br /><br />I include all research and tend to kill all of those "premature" elements.<br /><br />I have saved myself many a night by being able to look at the outline and reflect against the written scene.<br /><br />It's always YMMV, but notes are tangible and can always change.<br /><br />I usually go through three to four different outlines before I actually start writing - though I do test my "first 2" every time. Sometimes the outline rips it apart sometimes not.Christian H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16847810167041864292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-70148063556163543732009-06-09T11:15:57.223-07:002009-06-09T11:15:57.223-07:00I wouldn't say "indispensible" exact...I wouldn't say "indispensible" exactly. Different people have different methods to reaching their story. I'm glad yours works for you, but it's not my way.<br /><br />I do a loose outline because I tend to discover parts of the story on the way. So I do very pretty colored index cards and then forget about them. I wrote out my plot very carefully beforehand, but I find that if I rope myself to an outline the story suffers.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-49547794361587766112009-06-09T10:50:43.170-07:002009-06-09T10:50:43.170-07:00I can only ask if you fleshed out the story in out...I can only ask if you fleshed out the story in outline form first. It's indispensable.<br /><br />You can spot problems before you get to Final Draft.<br /><br />What I usually do is write by sequence where a sequence is 1-4 pages depending on what the content is.Christian H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16847810167041864292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-87493049831307050672009-06-08T11:14:42.604-07:002009-06-08T11:14:42.604-07:00True - and I'm still having a lot of dialogue ...True - and I'm still having a lot of dialogue in the beginning of mine. I'm not adding in an extra action scene, just making the dialogue more interesting.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-18602218562712519662009-06-08T10:47:33.869-07:002009-06-08T10:47:33.869-07:00Yay conflict!
But Doesn't Crouching Tiger jus...Yay conflict!<br /><br />But Doesn't Crouching Tiger just talk for at least 15 minutes before Jiao Long (Jen) steals the sword?Eric Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136171754450178535noreply@blogger.com