tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post5449504420469853608..comments2024-03-29T10:59:34.918-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Creating A Short StoryJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-36542344166624638332012-07-23T20:57:31.704-04:002012-07-23T20:57:31.704-04:00It is easiest when a character reveals an ending t...It is easiest when a character reveals an ending to me, but I've started with a scene or a phrase. Then I had to dig for the rest like an archeologist at a site.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-1914716268884039012012-07-23T13:23:05.321-04:002012-07-23T13:23:05.321-04:00Yes, I find real events often provide the catalyst...Yes, I find real events often provide the catalyst for my fiction, Anita. I have to write them down immediately when something sparks my interest. But, I still need that character to lead the story. <br /><br />Hatteras Island recently had a murder occur, which is a rarity. Some guy from Ohio and his girlfriend with her two children came on vacation. She went missing. He reported her missing, and then drove the kids back to her parents (which was the nicest part of the whole thing). Her body was found on land, which was being developed as a new neighborhood, but with the stalled housing market was left mostly vacant. She had been strangled. Wonder who did it? Wonder if the guy is still in the U.S.?E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-26167340137370291112012-07-23T13:15:25.742-04:002012-07-23T13:15:25.742-04:00Interesting, Linda. I'm not ready to write as ...Interesting, Linda. I'm not ready to write as soon as you are. I guess when I've tried to be a pantser, I've gotten stuck so I wait until the plot comes to me, and then I develop both together, then I start to write. <br /><br />With me, the funny thing is that I can get the sequence of events out of order. I often think my last sentence is my first. So, at least I know where I'm going. But it also maybe that I think you should foreshadow or at least give your readers clues to where the story will lead.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-85982472486398894712012-07-23T13:09:56.327-04:002012-07-23T13:09:56.327-04:00We start the same way, Barb, but I go further on c...We start the same way, Barb, but I go further on character. Characters have history, something there that will lead me to a plot. The plot can't come first, if for some reason it does, the character is already there waiting within it.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-55330085354895397202012-07-23T12:49:55.925-04:002012-07-23T12:49:55.925-04:00EB, often a newspaper article or an item in the po...EB, often a newspaper article or an item in the police blotter spark an idea. A couple of years ago, I read about a woman who only learned how rich her ex-husband was when she saw him interviewed on TV. My story "Kiss It Goodbye," which recently ran in Beat to a Pulp, took off from that idea. The characters and events in the story are fictitious, of course.Anita Pagehttp://www.anitapagewriter.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-27456620691412650712012-07-23T10:41:36.617-04:002012-07-23T10:41:36.617-04:00EB, for me it all begins with character also. I ha...EB, for me it all begins with character also. I have to know my protagonist's character, first of all. When I know her/him well enough that I can hear that voice, then I'm ready to write. As I write, I learn more about other characters, and as I learn more about other characters, I understand more of the plot. That's the way it works for me.Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-31780128581517709532012-07-23T10:19:19.398-04:002012-07-23T10:19:19.398-04:00Wow, what an analytical approach. I tend to be tha...Wow, what an analytical approach. I tend to be that way in life, but not in my writing. I usually just hear a voice and a plot often - though, unfortunately not always - follows.Barb Goffmanhttp://www.barbgoffman.comnoreply@blogger.com