tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post900041416644020820..comments2023-10-30T05:46:59.343-04:00Comments on The Doubting Writer: Inside a Wingman's BrainJeffOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07947660745120963286noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-92192609540894900192013-01-31T11:27:54.866-05:002013-01-31T11:27:54.866-05:00By and large I do let it all come out, Cestlavie. ...By and large I do let it all come out, Cestlavie. I do some adjusting as I go, but definitely not with the attention I use when truly revising. I think because of the distractions on this day, I was much more in tune with my thought processes, so I was really able to say, "I changed this because." I can't do that most of the time. Thanks for stopping by and commenting!JeffOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07947660745120963286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-62178250856493407452013-01-31T06:49:28.735-05:002013-01-31T06:49:28.735-05:00You know I wish I was like you. When I write I jus...You know I wish I was like you. When I write I just let everything come out. I dont go back and analyze the crap I spewed until much later. However, if I actually thought about my word choice before the words hit the page I might actually write something worth reading...oh well I guess everyone has their own way of doing things. Great post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-40186042574412023882013-01-31T00:18:21.073-05:002013-01-31T00:18:21.073-05:00Wow! I love that in-depth glimpse into your proce...Wow! I love that in-depth glimpse into your process. Mine is kind of like this. I usually start with an image or a piece of dialogue and just see where it goes. Let the writing do what it will. Or I go over and over it in my head long before it ever gets on the page so when it comes out it's more formed.Lisa Reganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12899014095250160853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-5160492770718267202013-01-30T11:29:43.501-05:002013-01-30T11:29:43.501-05:00Wow. This is fascinating to see how you've wor...Wow. This is fascinating to see how you've worked through this and provided us with your thoughts behind the editing. I'm not sure I could to that. Of course, I haven't met a sentence I've written that I don't want to edit, so it seems to be a neverending process for me.Donna K. Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763832177263927311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-59544325688786468962013-01-30T06:27:33.889-05:002013-01-30T06:27:33.889-05:00Thanks, Bonnee, glad you liked it. I may never kno...Thanks, Bonnee, glad you liked it. I may never know why he was there. Even if I find out, <i>you</i> may never know why he was there. I think if I keep this as a small, standalone piece, the reader may never need to know.<br /><br />I think we (plotters and wingpeople) exist much more on a continuum than posts like this would lead us to believe. I do a lot of 'internal writing' that might be sort of like outlining, and many plotters break out of outlines or flesh out scenes pretty spontaneously. We just like to pretend we're really different from each other. It gives us something to argue about.<br /><br />Hmm, I've been poking around the blogger dashboard and my e-mail and I see no messages. My e-mail is in my profile, you can send me a message that way.JeffOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07947660745120963286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-37405656097963268492013-01-30T06:17:04.084-05:002013-01-30T06:17:04.084-05:00Thanks, LG.
I usually find myself figuring out wh...Thanks, LG.<br /><br />I usually find myself figuring out where it's going some time after starting. <br /><br />As for this piece, I definitely want to polish it. We'll see if it turns into something bigger or remains small.JeffOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07947660745120963286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-70709939717043978102013-01-30T03:30:54.458-05:002013-01-30T03:30:54.458-05:00There's nothing wrong with your process JeffO....There's nothing wrong with your process JeffO. If anything, winging it allows you to escape the boundaries that writers who plan set for themselves. I loved the excerpt and I'm itching to know why Frank was in hospital. The reference to the icicles was cool, too, and I love the connection you draw between them and the hospital experience. <br /><br />I find myself to be both a planner and a wingman(wingwoman?) at this point. I planned my first and current WIP, but wrote my second WIP without a real plan to complete idea of where it would end up. <br /><br />P.S - I send you a message using the blogger messenger service, about the guest post. Let me know if you got it :) If you still want to do it anyway. Bonnee Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513268628209169538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-85865248911892659962013-01-29T13:39:25.580-05:002013-01-29T13:39:25.580-05:00I was impressed by how your mind worked from just ...I was impressed by how your mind worked from just the image of those icicles. Wingman is a good way of putting it - along for the ride. When my characters don't know what they're going to do next, I'm right there with them!Nick Wilfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03841776353790635132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-11116672477186787602013-01-28T23:28:29.556-05:002013-01-28T23:28:29.556-05:00I love this post! It was so interesting to see the...I love this post! It was so interesting to see the play-by-play of your work through your eyes. <br /><br />Many of my stories have started this way. Not with an icicle, of course, but with a single notion. Everything sort of snowballs from there! :)Carrie Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01540590799406170410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-83403741656217506802013-01-28T19:36:50.297-05:002013-01-28T19:36:50.297-05:00I always thought of myself as a plotter, and I am ...I always thought of myself as a plotter, and I am in some ways. The difference, I think, is in what I call my first draft. I'm learning that my handwritten notes are really a short first draft, and since I write them by the seat of my pants, I guess that makes me a wingman, too. What I really love, though, is when I read over those notes and one handwritten page turns into 8 or 10 with setting and dialogue. So I guess I am an expander, too!<br /><br />Great piece, by the way. I am ever envious of your abilities! Nancy Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05735642863696266005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-31876360952212649622013-01-28T13:26:31.863-05:002013-01-28T13:26:31.863-05:00That's the way I operate now too. I don't ...That's the way I operate now too. I don't deal much with outlines anymore. I like to see where my characters take me (though I always know where they must end up). <br /><br />Keep going with the scene. It's already got a good bit of tension in it, with him not able to bring up those thoughts just under the surface. Luanne G. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762881276976395955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281000668036619727.post-75515066120907929362013-01-28T11:00:54.341-05:002013-01-28T11:00:54.341-05:00I hate writing on the fly and know the feeling abo...I hate writing on the fly and know the feeling about writing about your pen!! Ha ha! Yet, I don't outline, either. When I start a novel, I have a feeling for the characters and an idea about the ending (which I find is critical for me), but all that takes time before I write the first word. Certainly more than the 15 minutes one of those word-prompt thingies take!Stacy McKitrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07898731847653710759noreply@blogger.com