tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post943223761827864475..comments2023-12-26T23:07:08.005-08:00Comments on TOMORROWVILLE: How Do You Do The Thing You Do? Cate Tells AllDavid Isaakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-53460130625688736892007-02-21T06:31:00.000-08:002007-02-21T06:31:00.000-08:00Hi Jake,Just read your interesting comment about s...Hi Jake,<BR/>Just read your interesting comment about starting to write. Now I feel I should have added to my method: read voraciously, ingest loads of different styles, notice words, syntax, grammar, imagery etc etc and file it away, synthesise it. And also, for me at least, live quite a long time, experience a lot and process that experience before you try to express it on the page in any great detail. Of course some people can live a lot in shorter real time than others.... And don't let the bastards grind you down (that's a reminder to myself as well!).<BR/>LucyMR MIKEYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290272855120587657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-91287975123395476962007-02-21T03:15:00.000-08:002007-02-21T03:15:00.000-08:00I'll play the young inexperienced upstart who thin...I'll play the young inexperienced upstart who thinks he can play in the same arena as the Big Shots, and <A HREF="http://redwinggreen7.livejournal.com/87030.html" REL="nofollow">post a response</A> in my journal as well.Jake Jessonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834903087805267419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-45060284612601748982007-02-21T01:54:00.000-08:002007-02-21T01:54:00.000-08:00His David,This is probably poor blog etiquette, bu...His David,<BR/>This is probably poor blog etiquette, but I've already posted this comment two posts ago, but would like to hear what anyone thinks of my idea about Kindred Spirits.<BR/><BR/>This was in response to Roger's earlier comment:<BR/><BR/>Now there's someone who's far more planned and plotted than me. Chapter by chapter breakdowns I do, like Roger, but index cards - that's a step too far. I did do a family tree for the 1940s storyline in Kindred Spirits, and I do jottings about characters - usually on pieces of paper I then lose. But I certainly do the "cooking" part like Roger - two to three months minimum, I think. And try to consign detail to the filing cabinet in the back of my mind where I find I can usually retrieve it quite easily when it's required (I suppose that's the thing called memory - but if I call it that I get panicky and think it won't work.)<BR/><BR/>I'm thinking of putting Kindred Spirits on the web as a free download, or only for the cost of giving me feedback. Does anyone have any reasons why this would be either a good, or perhaps a very bad idea?<BR/>Cheers<BR/>LucyMR MIKEYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290272855120587657noreply@blogger.com