To have an intrinsic reaction to music, art, words is a divine gift. There just ain't no software substitute.
On Jul 4, 9:56�am, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe you almost always need incredible planning to write a good story. > There are some exceptions -- where novels have been born of a frenzy of > drugs and alcohol and have turned out incredible -- but, for every Kerouac, > there's a million or more stories that are utter rubbish or forever remain > unfinished. > > Using something like the snowflake method to write your story should make > the actual business of prose a real pleasure. With this technique, you > already know where you're going, and know enough about your characters, > their world, and your plot, to really write something believable. Or at > least something not full of silly holes and inconsistencies. You also have a > system for developing your chapters. > > Details: > > http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/art/snowflake.php > > Also, don't underestimate the value of very good software here. A word > processor is what you use to prepare your final document to delivery to your > agent; it's not good for research, planning, managing, or being > expressive/creative. > > Personally I use StoryMill, which is Mac only but I'm sure there's something > for Windows: > > http://www.marinersoftware.com/sitepage.php?page=127 > > It's a hybrid timeline, database, research tool, project management system, > and writing canvas. It also has a built-in framework for working with a > snowflake method. > > Ian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
