Living With A Rough Draft
Starting a new story is always an adventure. While I generally have a rough idea of where the story will go, things occur during the writing. I begin with a rough draft and look at what I’ve planned to have happen. Sometimes the story moves flawlessly through the roughing in of the scenes and some times there are little twists and turns that pop up unexpectedly.
My latest book has taken a few of these turns and I write them in as they occur. Soon the rough draft will be finished. Then comes the fun. This time several twists happened and I must when I go back to the beginning find a way to accept or reject them. For this story, I will probably accept most of them. Yes, it’s a romance but it’s also a story of the dreams haunting not only my hero and heroine but at least one of his children. Though I’ve a few more chapters to finish the rough draft, hopefully all the twists have been found.
How about you, do you plan your stories and then sit down and let the words flow and embrace all those strange and new twists never thought of when the idea for the story arose?
https://www.facebook.com/janet.l.walters.3?v=wall&story_f
http://wwweclecticwriter.blogspot.com
https://www.pinterest.com/shadyl717/
Buy Mark
https://bookswelove.net/walters-janet-lane/
Sounds great, Janet! I love the editing process too, and the help I get from great first readers!
ReplyDeleteYes, I embrace the twists and turns as they arise. It's this kind of writing 'in the moment' that so often solidifies the plot. Your storyline sounds fascinating.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! Like you, Janet, I start with a rough idea, but as I'm writing my characters will do things I never expected which takes the story in a new direction. I love when that happens! It happens during the writing of the rough draft and during the editing.
ReplyDeleteI'm at the rough idea stage of my next one. A long way to go and a lot of characters to listen to:) Enjoy the editing.
ReplyDeleteIn order to ride the first inspiration wave, I usually start writing as soon as I have the main idea for the book, the premise, the conflict, the setting, the characters. Then, around chapter six-seven-eight, I run out of steam, and I have to stop and plot the rest of the story. By then, I know my characters better, and I can implement new elements and ideas, new plot twists. Often, I have to go back through the first chapters to implement or foreshadow the new ideas, but I find it exciting. Eventually, I have a complete draft. Then my favorite part of the process is polishing the novel.
ReplyDeleteI've finished my first draft on aWIP but unlike all of you, I'm having trouble when it comes to rewrites. Hopefully I can get inspiration from you all that will help.
ReplyDelete