tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post9030997355840968648..comments2023-12-25T00:38:19.500-08:00Comments on Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Is Your Plot Manhandling YOU?Sarah Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-31729230694275560212013-01-28T18:55:22.336-08:002013-01-28T18:55:22.336-08:00Ack! Blogger just ate my comment.
Let's see i...Ack! Blogger just ate my comment.<br /><br />Let's see if I can remember what I wrote...I find it very reassuring that others are non-outliners, too. Once Tanita and I saw Walter Dean Myers speak at an SCBWI conference, and he has this whole complicated scene-by-scene grid thingy that really freaked us out.<br /><br />I usually do something similar to what you're talking about, in that I try to remind myself that every scene needs an arc and should accomplish some purpose, and I try to keep that purpose in mind as I write. Not sure how successful I am, but I guess that's what revision is for!Sarah Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890387.post-79053043519758995402013-01-26T17:13:50.047-08:002013-01-26T17:13:50.047-08:00I can't do a detailed outline either. I have a...I can't do a detailed outline either. I have a general idea of what happens and what the climax is, and subplots develop naturally as I go. Sometimes I find out the climax is different from what I thought. I just use general rules as I go, like: the MC should be challenged on his biggest flaw; something should happen in every scene; there should be a goal or an unanswered question driving the forward momentum.Jennifer R. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03408588432492354248noreply@blogger.com