Tuesday, September 2, 2014

New Beginnings - Insecure Writer's Support Group

The first Wednesday of the month is for the Insecure Writer's Support Group, hosted by Alex J. Cavanaugh. This is a blog hop and if you'd like to be included, or would like to find other members, click HERE.

I titled this New Beginnings because right now I'm in the process of deciding what I'm going to write about next. After spending the last two years writing about dragons I'd like to switch gears and write about something else. I've been researching a couple of different ideas, but at the moment I don't have the courage to talk about them. The ideas are still too flimsy, like eggs getting ready to hatch. Perhaps I need to see a crack in the egg and the living being pop out as it materializes into a true identity.

To me, this is the hardest part of writing a story. Starting an outline and sketching out the idea. How do you start your story? Do you outline? Or have scraps of papers with notes on them? I take a fresh notebook and start writing ideas down. Scenes as they come to me and parts of dialogue. But some of it I never use if it doesn't fit in the final story.

This next story will have more than one layer to it. I plan on making a secondary plot that won't be revealed until near the end. Perhaps I'll create another race of characters and make up a whole new world for them to live in. So, on with the plot! Same old, same old? A new twist on the same plot? This is hard for me until I get the story down, but it will tie in with the new world and new creatures. Sounds like fun, doesn't it?

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  1. Aloha and ah yes, the joy (sometimes!!) of starting a new story :)

    GOOD LUCK :)

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    1. Mark: Welcome! And yes, you've hit the nail on the head. Thanks!

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  2. I do an outline though I think the characters always come to me first. I write bios at the same time as the outline.

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    1. Susan: I like your idea of writing bios at the same time as your outline. I haven't done that before, but have waited until the outline was finished. This time, however, I'm going to write the bios at the same time.

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  3. I am in the midst of completing my current WIP, and two shiny new ideas have struck the inside of my head :)
    Layering works well in creating better plots. Love the sound of your Dragon Stone Trilogy.

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    1. Rachna: Congratulations on completing your WIP and good luck with your new ideas. I find myself struggling to layer my plots, but this new idea comes with some great ideas for layering.

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