|
Wheldrake -> RE: The Process (8/20/2010 2:16:37 PM)
|
Let’s see… the ideas usually come when I’m out walking, or during those dreamy moments when I’m just waking up or falling asleep. Some of them start out as personal fantasies, and gradually develop into more coherent storylines. Often I’ll play with an idea in my head for months, sometimes years, before I actually sit down to write it up. There are usually quite a few ideas tumbling around at once, all stuck in gestation.
The writing happens when I have time, which is all too seldom. Usually late at night, always without background music or other distractions, often under the mild influence of alcohol. I hardly ever bother with preliminary notes of any kind before I plunge into the story. As I work, however, I often go back to read over what I’ve written and edit with the utmost ruthlessness. I always use a word processor, partly because of my predilection for constant editing and partly because I simply prefer to type. Most of the things I write are quite long, so I take some time at the very end to make a final editorial pass and insert chapter divisions. I always like to name my chapters, but coming up with chapter names and a title for the whole story tends to be one of the hardest parts of the whole process.
Having described how I go about writing, I suppose I’d better try to post something on these boards. Stay tuned.
|
|
|
|
