Comments on: Has Plot, Can Pants http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/12/07/has-plot-can-pants/ A mutual support group for SF/F Novelists Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:39:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Karen Wester Newton http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/12/07/has-plot-can-pants/#comment-1214 Karen Wester Newton Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:59:09 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/12/07/has-plot-can-pants/#comment-1214 I used to say that no two writers worked alike. I am beginning to think no two books are written exactly alike. Most of the time I keep the plot in my head and just write, but sometimes I will think of something critical I want to do and so I keep a file called plot in every book folder, just like I have one called "characters" and another for "timeline." I add to my background files as I work, but for some books I'm more organized than others. I used to say that no two writers worked alike. I am beginning to think no two books are written exactly alike. Most of the time I keep the plot in my head and just write, but sometimes I will think of something critical I want to do and so I keep a file called plot in every book folder, just like I have one called “characters” and another for “timeline.” I add to my background files as I work, but for some books I’m more organized than others.

]]> By: Kelly McCullough http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/12/07/has-plot-can-pants/#comment-1209 Kelly McCullough Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:23:57 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/12/07/has-plot-can-pants/#comment-1209 Funny, Jackie, I wrote almost the same post over at Wyrdsmiths for very similar reasons about two days ago. I'll have to link from over there to over here. I'm a hardcore plotter, but sometimes the plot is wrong. Funny, Jackie,

I wrote almost the same post over at Wyrdsmiths for very similar reasons about two days ago. I’ll have to link from over there to over here. I’m a hardcore plotter, but sometimes the plot is wrong.

]]> By: S.C. Butler http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/12/07/has-plot-can-pants/#comment-1207 S.C. Butler Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:02:43 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/12/07/has-plot-can-pants/#comment-1207 I plot the beginning and end, and nothing else. This isn't because I don't want to, but because I can't. Writing would be a lot easier if my best ideas didn't come three quarters of the way through the book (which means I have to change everything that came before). I plot the beginning and end, and nothing else. This isn’t because I don’t want to, but because I can’t. Writing would be a lot easier if my best ideas didn’t come three quarters of the way through the book (which means I have to change everything that came before).

]]> By: domynoe http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/12/07/has-plot-can-pants/#comment-1206 domynoe Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:38:37 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/12/07/has-plot-can-pants/#comment-1206 Total plotter here, BUT I give myself permission to change things if something better comes to me while writing. The way I plot allows for this, actually. I "build" up to my rough draft in stages, including a plotting form and an outline (just 2 of the stages my novels go through), and each stage needs to expand on the last. If I didn't allow for changes, there would be no expansion. Total plotter here, BUT I give myself permission to change things if something better comes to me while writing. The way I plot allows for this, actually. I “build” up to my rough draft in stages, including a plotting form and an outline (just 2 of the stages my novels go through), and each stage needs to expand on the last. If I didn’t allow for changes, there would be no expansion.

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