I've had good, but usually slow, results from just writing from a starting point, and sooner or later finding a plotline or expressing the theme inherent in the opening situation or combination of characters. Alternatively, I might have a definite ending in mind, but I'll have to discover a lot of how the characters get there in the course of the writing.
The story should be all about what the characters are and how they think. I don't usually comment in an authorial voice. Of course, the characters are likely to share some of my mindset, given that I'm making them up and choosing to spend a lot of time with them, but often they don't think or react as I would in a given situation.
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Date: 2005-03-23 06:39 pm (UTC)The story should be all about what the characters are and how they think. I don't usually comment in an authorial voice. Of course, the characters are likely to share some of my mindset, given that I'm making them up and choosing to spend a lot of time with them, but often they don't think or react as I would in a given situation.