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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 29, 2007 17:46:53 GMT -6
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Post by Phalon on Apr 13, 2008 6:21:59 GMT -6
I thought this was interesting, and I suppose this is the best place to post it. It's written by David Gerrold, the author who wrote Martian Child, which is based on his own experience with his adopted child.
"....what happened to the last piece of chocolate cake, why the dog is wearing your sister's hat, and why the UFO's haven't returned Elvis yet. Big stories, little stories. Why I was late for work, why I was speeding, and how this phone number got into my wallet. I can explain everything. I can tell a story.
The stories we tell - that's us explaining how we think the world works. Once we speak it, once we say it aloud, that makes it real for us - and real for everyone else who hears it too. When we tell a story, we invite people to visit our reality. We invite them to move in. Our stories are the reality we live in.
That's very powerful.
Because we can choose what stories we want to tell - we can choose the stories we want to live.
Whenever I'm in doubt about something, I sit down and start writing. I write down everything I'm feeling or thinking or worrying about. I say everything there is to say until there's nothing left to say. The first time I did this was the day after my father died. I sat and wrote for two days. When I was finished, I had a story called "In the Deadlands". I never did figure out what it was about, but it still gives me the shudders.
But I learned something from that experience - maybe the most important thing I've ever learned about storytelling. Effective writing isn't in the mechanics. Anyone can master the mechanical act of stringing together words and sentences and paragraphs to make a character move from A to B. The bookstores are full of evidence. It's about the feeling that the story creates inside of you. If there's no felling, there's no story.
But sometimes, there's only the feeling without any meaning or understanding. And that's not a story either. What I was feeling about Dennis was so confusing and troubling and uncertain that I couldn't even begin to sort it out. I needed to write down all the separate pieces - as if in the act of telling, it would sort itself out. Sometimes the process works."
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Post by Mini Mia on Apr 13, 2008 17:53:05 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 27, 2008 22:43:07 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 30, 2008 19:43:38 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Jan 5, 2009 20:12:32 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Jan 9, 2009 23:08:56 GMT -6
Use RPG character sheets to create novel characters.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jan 20, 2009 0:23:13 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Jul 7, 2009 23:04:57 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Jul 29, 2009 20:20:03 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Jul 29, 2009 20:27:43 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 3, 2009 20:19:40 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 1, 2009 0:39:33 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 18, 2009 2:26:15 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 18, 2009 19:48:23 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 18, 2009 23:33:31 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 23, 2009 1:18:23 GMT -6
WARNING: The F-word is used a bit.
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 5, 2010 2:10:35 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Feb 16, 2010 18:54:46 GMT -6
You Asked ... Katherine Fugate, "Army Wives," "Valentine's Day":
I know many writers use a beat sheet, while others use an outline. What method do you use when starting a new project and can you describe your process? - Sandi
I usually have to write out a beat sheet or short story version of the movie so I know the basic arcs of what I am trying to accomplish. When there are a lot of storylines, I write each one down separately on different colored index cards, then take the stacks and shuffle them together by color so they fall in the right order. Sometimes I even write 6 or 8 different "movies" on Final Draft and then cut and paste all of those in a single document when I am done. And sometimes I just go Wild West and start writing and let the voices speak, but that's usually not recommended on a deadline. Each project differs and each person finds their personal style.
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Post by Mini Mia on Mar 1, 2010 0:31:46 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Apr 9, 2010 2:15:07 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Apr 13, 2010 22:14:21 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on May 2, 2010 22:39:10 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on May 9, 2010 23:32:13 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on May 17, 2010 17:41:15 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Jun 7, 2010 20:39:19 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Jun 24, 2010 14:39:36 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Jul 14, 2010 22:10:47 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Sept 2, 2010 2:41:40 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 14, 2012 17:27:11 GMT -6
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