tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post7549298704602101802..comments2023-12-31T16:21:50.498-05:00Comments on Enter The Door Within: Sequel to Isle of SwordsWayneThomasBatsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15837713579691260482noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-51478218726922740882007-08-20T16:49:00.000-05:002007-08-20T16:49:00.000-05:00Sheesh, I'm definitely a SOTP writer--but I'm hopi...Sheesh, I'm definitely a SOTP writer--but I'm hoping to be reformed into a flexable outliner someday so that I can avoid those horrid massive rewrites you mentioned. There may be hope for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-28417657011936352632007-08-07T13:32:00.000-05:002007-08-07T13:32:00.000-05:00Yep Shelby - me too!Sometimes I can't write as fas...Yep Shelby - me too!<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I can't write as fast as my brain works, well - most of the time it's that way. I got a digital voice recorder for my b-day from my parents and it's been a life saver. I can just get the ideas out and then later, sit down to actually write them out. I highly recommend it. :)Amy Browninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00980921368244489071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-56173774659941201642007-08-07T09:29:00.000-05:002007-08-07T09:29:00.000-05:00Hey, Grandmas, thanks for the invite. I've got Thu...Hey, Grandmas, thanks for the invite. I've got Thursday open and would love to appear on your radio show. eMail me at batguy21784@yahoo.com so we can clarify the details.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!<BR/><BR/>-WtBWayneThomasBatsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15837713579691260482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-25297664320199639912007-08-07T08:04:00.000-05:002007-08-07T08:04:00.000-05:00Hey Wayne. I co-host a morning radio show and we d...Hey Wayne. I co-host a morning radio show and we do a segment called turn the page. Our son has read your first two books, loved them. We are interviewing him this morning and would love to have you on Thursday morning at 9:10. Can you give me feedback?<BR/>leeannmiller.netAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337161243011134990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-18090417518710969282007-08-05T23:19:00.000-05:002007-08-05T23:19:00.000-05:00Amy,I do indeed get hit with the "sudden stroke of...Amy,<BR/>I do indeed get hit with the "sudden stroke of brilliance" and sometimes at the strangest moments... However, I also feel sometimes that ideas are pouring into my head so quickly that by the time I've begun to write one down, another is already there! Do you ever feel like that???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-88732470139377476722007-08-05T21:01:00.000-05:002007-08-05T21:01:00.000-05:00ooh!! GOOD!!*bounces up and down*ooh!! GOOD!!<BR/>*bounces up and down*Roherynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12075440685837170776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-89115467944410746242007-08-04T13:27:00.000-05:002007-08-04T13:27:00.000-05:00Winner for Suspense Technique #4 coming soon.Winner for Suspense Technique #4 coming soon.WayneThomasBatsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15837713579691260482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-53904109569721319792007-08-03T22:28:00.000-05:002007-08-03T22:28:00.000-05:00ih, I'm with Pais... I can't even think of doing a...ih, I'm with Pais... I can't even think of doing an outline... my charries find that hilarious...<BR/><BR/>and I hope its the announcement...Roherynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12075440685837170776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-9964305031342504172007-08-03T21:43:00.000-05:002007-08-03T21:43:00.000-05:00Good question. :)Good question. :)therosepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04496063590229450356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-61188379593500252482007-08-03T15:42:00.000-05:002007-08-03T15:42:00.000-05:00Isn't tonite the next contest announcement?Isn't tonite the next contest announcement?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-61584171405964872532007-08-03T14:44:00.000-05:002007-08-03T14:44:00.000-05:00Shelby - so eloquently stated. I am exactly the s...Shelby - so eloquently stated. I am exactly the same way and enjoy the entire process as a whole. It is definitely an adventure.<BR/><BR/>Does anyone else wake up in the middle of the night with a stroke of brilliance? Sometimes my brain is working on the story even when I'm sleeping. I don't dream the story, I just wake up with ideas or with solutions to character conundrums.Amy Browninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00980921368244489071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-51849693330267723842007-08-02T23:13:00.000-05:002007-08-02T23:13:00.000-05:00Hmm...my writing style would have to be somewhere ...Hmm...my writing style would have to be somewhere between SOTP and Flexible Outliner. I am currently 130 pages into a novel and it all started with a simple idea and a name. It flowed from there, and I only knew about some of the main things that would happen. I outline the most important and intricate events, but sometimes my outlines are destroyed by a new idea that suddenly explodes into my head. <BR/>My point...I never really know where my story is going to take me. I like it that way because every word I write provides a new adventure...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-13767785109863296692007-08-02T20:37:00.000-05:002007-08-02T20:37:00.000-05:00Flexible Outliner, but I love editing my chapters ...Flexible Outliner, but I love editing my chapters as I go. I love to see the story emerge as I polish. It kicks my creativity into overdrive. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185060505158684073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-43493537681859458152007-08-02T18:52:00.000-05:002007-08-02T18:52:00.000-05:00Not that it matters, but I'm a flexible. And an ou...Not that it matters, but I'm a flexible. And an outliner. It really has helped ADD me.chrisdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662811240806616921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-90547194811413877772007-08-02T17:26:00.000-05:002007-08-02T17:26:00.000-05:00Valerie, that's such a neat and funny way of putti...Valerie, that's such a neat and funny way of putting it. My characters laugh if I even -think- of doing an outline.therosepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04496063590229450356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-91710682685106374662007-08-02T15:22:00.000-05:002007-08-02T15:22:00.000-05:00Flexible Outliner...Definitely!I often get pulled ...Flexible Outliner...Definitely!<BR/><BR/>I often get pulled in a different more interesting direction.James Somershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08944619796890820032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-30988758097223772592007-08-02T14:13:00.000-05:002007-08-02T14:13:00.000-05:00Well - never having completed a novel, I'll say th...Well - never having completed a novel, I'll say that I'm none of the above. I start out writing SOTP and then as plot elements develop, I find it almost necessary to at least sketch out a rough sequence. I like to only plot out the bare-bones stuff that will come back and needs to tie in later. <BR/><BR/>I spend a fair amount of time talking to my digital voice recorder with all the what-ifs and major plot points. So far, on the story I'm working on now, I have most of my ideas on the recorder and only about 3500 words put into my computer. <BR/><BR/>As a side note - I absolutely cannot write actual content with a pencil and paper. I can sketch out and diagram that way, but when I sit down to write, it must be in front of a screen.Amy Browninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00980921368244489071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-17649775182039870352007-08-02T14:11:00.000-05:002007-08-02T14:11:00.000-05:00lol, I'm the only B. Therefore, I rock. :)lol, I'm the only B. Therefore, I rock. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-5994559237495081742007-08-02T13:17:00.000-05:002007-08-02T13:17:00.000-05:00Let's call it a C. I do have an outline before I s...Let's call it a C. I do have an outline before I start--quite an extensive one--but I find my characters glance at it and laugh. They usually stop off in the major locations for sight-seeing, but take the scenic route in between. And often the destination is a little different than I foresaw as well. Somehow it seems to work.Valerie Comerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06674882711125123089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-28758140734314545162007-08-02T10:45:00.000-05:002007-08-02T10:45:00.000-05:00So cool to see the myriad of styles out there. But...So cool to see the myriad of styles out there. But, makes sense, since we are all fearfully and wonderfully made.<BR/><BR/>I bet that all of us will change styles at least once or twice in our careers. I began as SOTP, but it took me 13 years to write a book that way. YIPE!!<BR/><BR/>Once you're published, things can change a little too because some houses will require you to submit a detailed synopsis of your work. Of course, I think it's understood that things can and will change. I submit a chapter by chapter outline to TN, and of course, it changes markedly by the time I get them the finished manuscript.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and Jason, my publisher set the word count ahead of time. I can be less, but not over. I know that seems odd. One would think you just write the book, edit it to its finest and then, the result is the word count. BUT that's not the way all publishers do it. Many like TN get started on production elements, binding size, cover art, page count ahead of time so that they can figure pricing (more pages equals more cost to the publisher and therefore, a possible increase in cover price) ahead of time.<BR/><BR/>Thomas Nelson has been extremely aggressive with pricing. I mean a beautiful hardcover book for just $16.99??? Most are $21.95 or $24.95.<BR/><BR/>The lower price means that hardcovers are more accessible to more people--which is a very good thing. In that way, the harcover is actually attainable and not JUST and advertisement for the paperback. lolWayneThomasBatsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15837713579691260482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-7766642267064032572007-08-02T09:57:00.000-05:002007-08-02T09:57:00.000-05:00I'm C. When I first started writing I was an SOTP ...I'm C. When I first started writing I was an SOTP writer. However, I've learned that I have to outline to some degree. I come up with the major characters and the major plot points. I usually know the ending first and drop back and punt to find the steps that will lead me there. Then I start to write.Stephen Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09313160450564788091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-41540175238171688192007-08-01T23:13:00.000-05:002007-08-01T23:13:00.000-05:00Very flexible, very bare outliner. I never write m...Very flexible, very bare outliner. <BR/>I never write my outline, so it's pretty ethereal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-55237383603263234662007-08-01T20:20:00.000-05:002007-08-01T20:20:00.000-05:00Oh, thanks for sharing Becky about the 'headlight'...Oh, thanks for sharing Becky about the 'headlight' system I'd been feeling down in the dumps because while that best describes how I write I hadn't heard any one else put it that way.everlastingscribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10390789953931295135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-28388295690041419542007-08-01T16:25:00.000-05:002007-08-01T16:25:00.000-05:00Did your publisher choose 85,000 or about that amo...Did your publisher choose 85,000 or about that amount as a benchmark for you? <BR/><BR/>- JasonAstral Penhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02639821580190094257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19752207.post-84288725541252189722007-08-01T15:00:00.000-05:002007-08-01T15:00:00.000-05:00Sorry for posting twice. I was having issues with ...Sorry for posting twice. I was having issues with the Internet. Aaarrgghh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com