• Characters,  Writerly Resources,  Writing

    Clarification…

    Back in 2010, I wrote a series of blogs called “The questions I ask myself…” which was, not surprisingly, about questions I ask myself about characters.  If you want a reference, go here, here, and here.  Apparently, someone went through the series the other day because I received this question: Is this how you start your characters or end your characters?  I’m trying to get started writing a novel and I’m not sure where to begin. Unfortunately, as the email wasn’t signed and it was one of those string-of-numbers@qq emails, I have absolutely no idea who sent the question.  Whoever it was, thanks for asking.  I’m always happy to answer…

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    The Panster Perfectionist

    There are many different types of writers.  There are plotters (people who plot everything), plansters (people who plan a bit and then just write for the few plot points they’ve got down, and then there are pansters (people who plot nothing in advance and the story just kind of happens for them).  Who you are as a writer determines your path to editing and publication. I tend to find that plotters start out with a series of events in their heads.  Plansters start out with a character and a few major situations that they get into (the beginning, one or two in the middle, and the ending).  Pansters often start…