Oh, the creative juices are just FLOWING through me right now. This is exciting. I’m charged up, and I feel that I can just write endlessly for days on end without any distractions. Too bad it’s not November! I’m finding myself wrapped up in these new concepts, and I can’t help but to Snowflake the heck out of them. Characters are emerging, plots developing (even subplots!), and themes are taking root. Incredible. I thought I’d never open another Microsoft Word document! Well, okay, maybe that’s a little bit of an exaggeration, but I thought I would abandon the whole ‘writer-dream’ going on. After all, nothing was coming, but…..
BAM!!
It hit…and it kind of hurt. My mind was just churning out new ideas. I felt like I was hibernating, and this was the result.
Okay, enough talk. What’s to expect on here for the rest of the week? I’m not one of those writers who pose as their characters and let them type in their voice. Nope. Not going to happen. As a psychology major, I think that’s *very* detrimental to a person’s sanity…posing as about 40 different people? I think that spells out dissociative identity disorder (multiple personalities!!). Yeah, not good, no bueno. So, I think I may upload some outlines, maybe find some relevant articles, or even some character synopses.
If you’re a writer, you should check out the Snowflake program here. There’s a little bit about the process, then it goes into price. It says it’s 50% off RIGHT NOW (4/13), so that’s a great deal.
Backstory: I bought the Snowflake program when it FIRST came out. It was marked down from $100 to $20 (YES 80% off!). I haven’t started anything without it. If you’re not too keen on letting go of $50, Randy Ingermanson (the creator) goes into detail about the actual process. You’e basically paying for the software to organize everything…which is a life-saver.
Also, you can get the FREE e-zene article he sends. There is a lot of good information, and you can’t beat free! There are other goodies on that site as well.
If you do a search on Google “snowflake method,” there will be plenty of blog posts concerning it (pro/cons, etc.). Take a look, if you’re interested.
(Note: If you’re a “pantser” (that is, you like to write as the words come and not bother with planning), the Snowflake method isn’t a really effective way to do things for you.)
I’ve forgotten the purpose of this post. Ha! Okay, go forth and create! :)
