From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) (clbullar_at_ingr.com)
Date: 1 June 1998
It helps me to have some of the story, at least the beginning, and the main character(s) in mind. Once I get to know them, they start to live in my head and tell me the story. When I was an actor, we were encouraged to write down the history of the character prior to the beginning of the play (The Method). The motivations are more obvious and then the actions are bounded believably. When reading Heinlein, it was usually obvious that he had only a half-dozen characters and he cast them in almost every book.
Len
Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti.
Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h
> -----Original Message-----
> From: paul_at_cognetics.com [SMTP:paul_at_cognetics.com]
>
> Even with a well-worked-out storyboard or plan, the creativity comes out
> in
> dealing with the "oopses" and "yeahbuts" and adapting or making use of
> them; the best approach is always an iterative one. Back-and-forthing
> between concept and model is one way of doing this. Allow the fiction to
> take on a life of its own and grow - the way many authors approach
> writing.
>
> - Paul
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