tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24555052.post1862388939821938411..comments2023-08-04T06:17:46.951-05:00Comments on The Berry Patch: Holy Wordcount, Batman - Thanks Goodness for PlottingAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10810590407001594471noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24555052.post-19168859275991039482010-08-26T09:34:59.351-05:002010-08-26T09:34:59.351-05:00An "elegant plotting device" isn't w...An "elegant plotting device" isn't worth much if it doesn't produce a book :) And your synopsis method still sounds pretty well developed. I suspect that it works well for you because you've been through the book-writing process a few times and can tell what might work and what won't.<br /><br />I can't seem to go deep enough to write a synopsis or outline without getting my head so deep in the story that I'm writing dialogue and action and introspection and...the novel. <br /><br />For my last two ms, I ended up needing a completed synopsis before I was done writing the book, and that wasn't so horrible. But I was 1/2 -2/3 of the way through the main plot by then. At that point, it did actually help me a little with writing the end(s). In both cases I did still change the actual storylines as I wrote them.<br /><br />I keep joking that I do Dora The Explorer plotting: First I go over the bridge, then through the forest, and then I arrive at the castle. Sing it with me...Bridge. Forest. Castle. (cue cheesy synthesizer music here) Come on vamonos!<br /><br />That gives me an island (no Scots yet, though) to aim for, but lets my mind have enough room to roam about the countryside. And sometimes I end up at a different, but better, castle.BriteLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746599921292379358noreply@blogger.com