tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post5091059626522117835..comments2023-11-03T05:49:10.841-04:00Comments on Storytelling Rules: Writing and JazzMaureen McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-83295953718435206132009-02-05T15:04:00.000-05:002009-02-05T15:04:00.000-05:00I'm exhausted right not just thinking about plotti...I'm exhausted right not just thinking about plotting out ten books.. <BR/>Especially when in the execution things change so much.. <BR/>I wonder if extensive plotting of a large series really works. Has anyone actually done it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-22957145283136108572009-02-04T19:10:00.000-05:002009-02-04T19:10:00.000-05:00I think that's exactly why I like the analogy, Mol...I think that's exactly why I like the analogy, Molly...<BR/><BR/>Great jazz can be brilliant, magic -- but it's not to far from brilliance to a big ol mess.<BR/><BR/>Planning, skill, instincts, practice, experience, the ability to recover, cut your losses and get back on track when you go off the rails...<BR/><BR/>All so important. :-)Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-57603618621799788642009-02-04T18:33:00.000-05:002009-02-04T18:33:00.000-05:00Ha! I like the thin line between brilliance and cr...Ha! I like the thin line between brilliance and crash and burn...so freaking true.Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-16435808220063981112009-02-04T15:28:00.000-05:002009-02-04T15:28:00.000-05:00This is brilliantand so true.I roughly know where ...This is brilliant<BR/>and so true.<BR/>I roughly know where my characters are going,<BR/>but have no idea what detours they'll make along the way.<BR/><BR/>You know what is funny?<BR/>A reader told me today<BR/>why Maeve, my character in Invisible, calls herself Maeve.<BR/>I wondered why (it is a strange name) but had no idea.<BR/><BR/>Of course, I nodded my head and said yes, yes, yes<BR/>so I didn't look like an idiot.<BR/>LOL<BR/><BR/>I think I need a shrink<BR/>to explain my own writing to me.Kimber Chinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13658012405712901099noreply@blogger.com