neil kleid
04-21-2005, 07:42 AM
http://www.scrypticstudios.com/index.php/articles/406
"Look, I know that for the most part when you’re writing a story you need to know where you’re going. I know that Dorothy is going to begin in Munchkinland, follow the yellow brick road, kill the witch and end up back in Kansas. When I pitch a project to Marvel Comics I’m going to tell them the story – the whole fucking story – and leave nothing out along the way.
"But late at night, sitting in the comfort of my home, I’m going to take out the novel I’ve been writing ten pages at a time. I’m going to go back and rewrite parts along the way, reincorporating things I missed the first time and generally see where the plot takes me. I have a vague idea of where the characters are going to end up and how we’re going to end, but if an interesting fork in the road happens along the way who’s to say I’m not going to take a detour and see where it goes?
"I’m going to experiment. I’m going to improvise."
This week's BIG POND is live at Scryptic Studios, and in it I am joined by writers Lea (RUMBLE GIRLS, CATHEDRAL CHILD) Hernandez and Elizabeth (PLATFORM) Genco. Swing by to learn the value of plotting with and without structure, losing our map and trying new things.
BIG POND: Plotting for Impro. The eighth in a series of collaborative columns at Scryptic Studios.
"Look, I know that for the most part when you’re writing a story you need to know where you’re going. I know that Dorothy is going to begin in Munchkinland, follow the yellow brick road, kill the witch and end up back in Kansas. When I pitch a project to Marvel Comics I’m going to tell them the story – the whole fucking story – and leave nothing out along the way.
"But late at night, sitting in the comfort of my home, I’m going to take out the novel I’ve been writing ten pages at a time. I’m going to go back and rewrite parts along the way, reincorporating things I missed the first time and generally see where the plot takes me. I have a vague idea of where the characters are going to end up and how we’re going to end, but if an interesting fork in the road happens along the way who’s to say I’m not going to take a detour and see where it goes?
"I’m going to experiment. I’m going to improvise."
This week's BIG POND is live at Scryptic Studios, and in it I am joined by writers Lea (RUMBLE GIRLS, CATHEDRAL CHILD) Hernandez and Elizabeth (PLATFORM) Genco. Swing by to learn the value of plotting with and without structure, losing our map and trying new things.
BIG POND: Plotting for Impro. The eighth in a series of collaborative columns at Scryptic Studios.