organic plotting

by | Feb 25, 2009 | Uncategorized | 4 comments

Barbara Samuel has a fantastic article on organic plotting which made me say "Aha!" and now I must get Story by Robert McKee. This is very like my process except without the Story exercise and also lately I have not had a year or more to "cook" ideas. I think the reduction in cooking time can be compensated for by the Story work recommended. (It is possible to accelerate cooking time and the more tricks available to do it, the better off a story is.) Also, instead of collage I do music soundtracks to generate the right tone and mood.

4 Comments

  1. Eva Gale
    Eva Gale on February 25, 2009 at 10:11 am

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE meeting other writes who homeschool. Makes me feel all warm ad fuzzy.

  2. Ann
    Ann on February 25, 2009 at 10:14 am

    Yes, but do you compost any parts of finished stories that weren’t used? 🙂
    P.S. Still reading Kingsolver’s book, only now I want to make cheese. CHEESE! (have you tried yet?)

  3. Charli
    Charli on February 25, 2009 at 10:14 am

    Hi Eva! Home schooling is a challenge, but wow, the results are worth it. Also, writing can be fit into many schedule cracks. : )

  4. Charli
    Charli on February 25, 2009 at 10:20 am

    Ann, cheese-making is in the works for summer projects. *g* And yes, I do compost story bits that don’t get used. Reduce, reuse, recycle!