Post by account_disabled on Jan 6, 2024 11:18:09 GMT 7
When I talk about planning, there is always someone - many, to tell the truth - who claims that they are unable to plan their story, who prefers to write freely without being conditioned by choices made a priori, who knows how to conclude the novel, but not he knows what will happen in the next chapter. The planning phase could prove boring, but I actually like it, because it is at that moment that the story is born in earnest, that from the simple idea we had a series of events develops that leads to the final novel. Planning a novel does not mean making the story lose the author's spontaneity. Just like it doesn't mean being less creative. Planning just means building the story piece by piece , defining its guidelines. Writing in one go is a temptation Twice I started writing that famous Scrap that I sometimes talk about, but now it lies together with the other ideas and will not be touched again until the whole story is defined, planned .
To me, the vision of the writer who sits at the desk, inserts the sheet of paper into the typewriter and taps “Chapter 1” on the keys has always seemed false, artificial, which is fine in a film, to give the figure of the Special Data novelist that aura of romanticism that it elevates him above mere mortals. But the reality is different. 5 valid reasons to plan a novel Let's get one point straight: these are my personal reasons and I don't intend to convince anyone. The story is yours and you write it however you want. I intend to write my novel like this, because every time I wrote in one go I didn't complete anything. Never. So we need to "change our tune", as my mother used to say when I was doing badly at school. That is, always. Change your working method and find one that bears fruit. Planning the chapters of the novel. #1 – Have the plot under control It is useless to have an idea, then develop a plot and start writing without having planned all the steps. The risk of going off topic, of going on needlessly, of derailing the plot and changing it is high.
Many say that it's nice to see the plot change , but for me it's not so nice, because the plot is the story, after all, and it must be respected. It is natural that something can change during the writing process, but I don't think there can and should be noticeable changes. By planning the novel, we have our plot under control, we know what is happening at all times, when a certain character needs to appear and when something needs to happen. Without planning the plot itself can get out of hand and so can the entire story. #2 – Avoid gaps in the story The progress bar for my novel has been stuck at 46% for some time. In reality, however, that percentage even decreased, because I deleted 3 chapters. I also wrote that, even if it stops, the story proceeds and I want to explain why. Although I defined the structure of the novel - interconnected stories - and although I know precisely how many chapters it will have (39, established by the structure itself), I made the mistake of not planning all the stories.
To me, the vision of the writer who sits at the desk, inserts the sheet of paper into the typewriter and taps “Chapter 1” on the keys has always seemed false, artificial, which is fine in a film, to give the figure of the Special Data novelist that aura of romanticism that it elevates him above mere mortals. But the reality is different. 5 valid reasons to plan a novel Let's get one point straight: these are my personal reasons and I don't intend to convince anyone. The story is yours and you write it however you want. I intend to write my novel like this, because every time I wrote in one go I didn't complete anything. Never. So we need to "change our tune", as my mother used to say when I was doing badly at school. That is, always. Change your working method and find one that bears fruit. Planning the chapters of the novel. #1 – Have the plot under control It is useless to have an idea, then develop a plot and start writing without having planned all the steps. The risk of going off topic, of going on needlessly, of derailing the plot and changing it is high.
Many say that it's nice to see the plot change , but for me it's not so nice, because the plot is the story, after all, and it must be respected. It is natural that something can change during the writing process, but I don't think there can and should be noticeable changes. By planning the novel, we have our plot under control, we know what is happening at all times, when a certain character needs to appear and when something needs to happen. Without planning the plot itself can get out of hand and so can the entire story. #2 – Avoid gaps in the story The progress bar for my novel has been stuck at 46% for some time. In reality, however, that percentage even decreased, because I deleted 3 chapters. I also wrote that, even if it stops, the story proceeds and I want to explain why. Although I defined the structure of the novel - interconnected stories - and although I know precisely how many chapters it will have (39, established by the structure itself), I made the mistake of not planning all the stories.