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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Enter, Stage Left... Bronwyn Jameson
Oops. I missed my cue--enter, stage left--for this, my second week in the spotlight at desireauthors.com, and I've been caught on the hop with nothing prepared. Currently I'm verrrrry busy with two projects that are sapping up all my time and energy: writing my Feb 07 Desire, Back in Fortune's Bed, and organizing a 21st birthday party for our eldest son. The first, I might add, is infinitely more enjoyable and less frustrating.
I'm not going to rabbit on about my party-planning woes...although I'm not sure what I will rabbit on about. The thing is, I am a planner. I like to be prepared; I hate being caught on the hop.
This is especially so with my writing. I call myself a slow writer, a veritable snail, when in fact I can write quickly once I have done all the preparation I need to do before I start. If I start before I'm ready--and by ready, I mean I need to know my characters inside out, my story conflicts, my setting, my story arc--then my writing is excrutiatingly slow. Laborious. Yes, that's the perfect word to sum up how it goes if I don't know my characters or what their story is about.
But when I've done all my pre-writing and I can visualize the scenes and hear the characters yacking away in my mind, then the writing flows. Which is my roundabout way of saying: because I haven't put in the legwork on this week's blog, I don't have a theme or an arc and I'm just rabbiting on.
However, this talk of preparation has given me an idea. I think, this week, I might tell you some more about my pre-writing and what goes into making a book. How does that sound? I've already confessed that I'm a planner, so it will come as no surprise that I'm now off to think about tomorrow's post. I will probably make a list, to go with my dozen or so party-planning lists.
In the meantime can we have a show of hands: how many of you are planners like me? And how many prefer to dive right in and make it up as you go along? (Not talking about writing specifically, but about any project or task.)
posted by Bronwyn Jameson at 12:41 AM
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4 Comments:
CrystalG said...
I am definitely a planner. I guess my control freak tendencies kick in when I have a task to do. I can't see myself doing anything without mapping it out. It might be fun though to just jump in and see where it goes. :)
6:49 AM
Charlene Sands said...
Bron,
I'm a planner too. I just blogged yesterday on my site about how NOT adventurous I am. I need to have things planned out before I do anything. So, my writing is the same way. And when I know my characters and conflicts, the story practically writes itself. If not, I'm in big trouble.
Charlene
7:50 AM
Playground Monitor said...
Definitely a planner. Though once I have that road map, I'm not opposed to a little side excursion is I think it will enhance the trip. And the older I get, I'm learning that unplanned trips often end up being an awful lot of fun.
Hope your party is a huge success!
Marilyn
9:35 AM
Bronwyn Jameson said...
We planners are way out ahead in this (unscientific) poll, so GO PLANNERS!!! *g*
Crystal, I'm a control freak too. I guess that goes hand-in-hand with the planning and organizing and list-making.
Charlene, it sounds as if we are writing twins!
Marilyn, I do agree about the detours providing the best surprises and unexpected joys. Not to mention fun. Although I must say I'm not nearly as adventurous as you, my biker friend! *g*
Bron
11:30 PM
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