tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post3867126888966885860..comments2023-08-14T10:44:59.007-04:00Comments on Novel Spaces: What's your creative process?KeVin K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14792797517571690942noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-64835490688485538492013-03-27T10:46:21.782-04:002013-03-27T10:46:21.782-04:00LOL re the idle time, Jewel. I can just imagine. I...LOL re the idle time, Jewel. I can just imagine. I foolishly started a poetry course in January and I'm finding that writing poetry to order is just... not... my... process...Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-10258766386801894802013-03-27T10:44:07.812-04:002013-03-27T10:44:07.812-04:00Charles, that's what the writing teacher Healt...Charles, that's what the writing teacher Healther Sellers (<i>Page After Page</i>) calls composting. These stories come out of our midden of past experiences and reading.Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-78868100904352250002013-03-21T13:47:28.868-04:002013-03-21T13:47:28.868-04:00Like you Liane, I have no set process. It comes t...Like you Liane, I have no set process. It comes to me as I'm doing other things totally unrelated. The whole story is done in my head before one key is pressed on my computer. That is when I'm writing one of my novels. <br /><br />But I found recently that in a few of my projects that's based on popular fiction, I could not use that disorganized method. I could not wait for the idea to come to me. I had to do total immersion in the stories before I could even begin writing. I had to write an outline and carefully craft each chapter.<br /><br />My short stories are done based on an oral tradition and are not very changed from my mother's narration.<br /><br />As for my poetry, they come to me mostly while I'm sleeping or idle and I have to write them down quickly before I forget them. That means I haven't done much poetry lately because I haven't had much idle time.Jewel Amethysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14813773386476356666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-77157113889322640132013-03-21T10:53:18.276-04:002013-03-21T10:53:18.276-04:00I think the main part of my creative process invol...I think the main part of my creative process involves 2 steps: 1: I listen to lots of things, read lots of things, try to experience lots of things, and then let those things simmer inside. 2: once an idea for a story comes boiling to the top from all that simmering stuff, I spend a lot of time consciously analyzing the idea and thinking of twists and turns and suchCharles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com