tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post1957082327649630532..comments2024-01-24T05:13:06.164-08:00Comments on Not Your Usual Suspects: WRITING OUT OF ORDERSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11286314155783213006noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-28311028880703149392019-09-03T09:47:05.562-07:002019-09-03T09:47:05.562-07:00Useful article, thank you for sharing the article!...Useful article, thank you for sharing the article!!!<br /><br />Website <a href="https://images.google.tt/url?q=https://bloggiaidap247.com/" rel="nofollow">bloggiaidap247.com</a> và website <a href="https://images.google.tt/url?q=https://blogcothebanchuabiet.com/" rel="nofollow">blogcothebanchuabiet.com</a> giúp bạn giải đáp mọi thắc mắc.Thi Lanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11145818218432919880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-55838065560222734672013-04-16T10:35:11.802-07:002013-04-16T10:35:11.802-07:00Thanks for all the comments! Writing really is an ...Thanks for all the comments! Writing really is an interesting process for each individual. I do feel like mixing it up sometimes reinvigorates the senses and the process. :)<br /><br />~JulieJulie Moffettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-28016639723913508752013-04-13T05:47:55.193-07:002013-04-13T05:47:55.193-07:00I haven't tried this approach but I'm goin...I haven't tried this approach but I'm going to! I can see how it could be liberating. Thanks for this great post!Ana Barronshttp://anabarrons.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-69527785187488614802013-04-12T18:43:51.099-07:002013-04-12T18:43:51.099-07:00For many nonfiction books, this is less relevant. ...For many nonfiction books, this is less relevant. I purposely alternate my time writing chapters near the beginning, middle, and end of the book. Each chapter influences the other. I often change the order of the chapters because as I do research and write, I'm often learning new things as I go. In the end, I stitch the chapters together with transitions. My outline is my table of contents. <br />DoctorLorraineDoctor Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04641427036124927618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-37553065379875081312013-04-12T11:38:57.943-07:002013-04-12T11:38:57.943-07:00Thanks for this - it validated that I wasn't c...Thanks for this - it validated that I wasn't crazy after all--darn! LOLMary Gollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-45100728771241397902013-04-12T07:26:52.217-07:002013-04-12T07:26:52.217-07:00Really late to the party but had to say this ia a ...Really late to the party but had to say this ia a great post. I sometimes get bogged in a scene that isn’t flowing. I’ll go to one I’m itching to get on paper. Gets the juices going again. I sooo want to try Scribner but, the learning curve. Anyone want to come hold my hand and teach me? Free R&B and heated pool. Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054306874904898496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-60412471697327923542013-04-11T08:41:33.837-07:002013-04-11T08:41:33.837-07:00Good to know others are trying it. I'm about t...Good to know others are trying it. I'm about to give it a shot as my mind loves to skip way ahead in current story and it is sooo distracting. This may be the solution to the problem. : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-285117835969911112013-04-11T08:40:59.174-07:002013-04-11T08:40:59.174-07:00Good to know others are trying it. I'm about t...Good to know others are trying it. I'm about to give it a shot as my mind loves to skip way ahead in current story and it is sooo distracting. This may be the solution to the problem. : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-44250959922651481432013-04-10T18:38:52.967-07:002013-04-10T18:38:52.967-07:00Thanks all for your thoughts. I thought it was a l...Thanks all for your thoughts. I thought it was a lot more rarer than it is!! :)Julie Moffettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-63756343887768400152013-04-10T14:51:17.369-07:002013-04-10T14:51:17.369-07:00I usually write in order and follow an outline. So...I usually write in order and follow an outline. Sometimes, depending on the story/characters, I might deviate a little but not too much. Very rarely will I write a scene before I get there, but if it's right there on my brain and won't go away then I'll get it out so it won't bother me anymore. LOL. Usually it will wait for me to get there though. Sometimes I use that scene as the driving force to get me through the tough part of the manuscript. "If I can just get to such & such then I'm home free." It's a carrot to keep moving. (If that makes sense.) The one book I wrote where I pantsed it has turned out to be - possibly - my strongest book. Very interesting I discovered. But if the conflict is strong enough, the characters wants will drive the book.Dee J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12299652828227486747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-87328230486985034792013-04-10T10:46:28.805-07:002013-04-10T10:46:28.805-07:00Toni, I think you'd love Scrivener. I'm mu...Toni, I think you'd love Scrivener. I'm much the same way - I tend to write in order, but if an idea for a scene is screaming at me, I'll jump to a fresh scene in Scrivener (or Word, if I'm using that) and jot the gist of the idea down in all caps so I know they're notes and not an actual scene.<br /><br />And even if I write in order, I find that I have to go back and add in scenes later to flesh out a character or plot point.Anne Marie Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603878676306179018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-23408068491516216062013-04-10T10:10:00.528-07:002013-04-10T10:10:00.528-07:00Guilty--I write out of order. In fact, I remember ...Guilty--I write out of order. In fact, I remember reading that quote from D. Gabaldon and thinking--thank goodness, I'm not alone! (Later, I read that Jenny Cruisie does it too. She calls it "writing the good parts first.") <br /><br />Strangely enough, I'm now experimenting with using an outline! I think trying new techniques is a great way to keep refreshing yourself as an author.J Wachowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184091482307217132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-581642365571280862013-04-10T08:55:10.010-07:002013-04-10T08:55:10.010-07:00Julie, I can never write out of order, because I n...Julie, I can never write out of order, because I never know what's going to happen next until I know what's already happened. It's extremely frustrating and I envy those who can outline. The few times I've tried outlining, I didn't write the story because I already knew what was going to happen. ::sigh::Marcelle Dubéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164965676254630066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-75363261492660450282013-04-10T08:22:27.285-07:002013-04-10T08:22:27.285-07:00I begin with the first few chapters in order but t...I begin with the first few chapters in order but then something often happens and I find myself writing a scene that might come later or--as I discovered today--earlier. Elise Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111849185666548945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-7642613350888475682013-04-10T07:14:35.356-07:002013-04-10T07:14:35.356-07:00I don't do this exactly, but if a scene comes ...I don't do this exactly, but if a scene comes into my head I will jot it down on paper and then use it later. Man--I am so tempted to try scrivener!!Toni Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348843511453338339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-780894308461043872013-04-10T07:01:21.826-07:002013-04-10T07:01:21.826-07:00I try time and again to outline - and I have to sa...I try time and again to outline - and I have to say that the only times I've paid proper attention to it, it's paid off by keeping me on track! Otherwise, I know the opening and the closing of a book, but so often have to muddle through the middle. It makes for a very harsh self-edit, when I try to ease out any continuity errors :(<br /><br />Yet I've found recently the instalment-approach works for me. I like to write chapters of similar lengths, with a cliffhanger - or at the least, a proper conclusion - to each chapter in turn. But then I spoil that sensible approach, by writing them out of order LOL.<br /><br />Great post! Lots of food for thought.Clare Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09392142798976142547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-22288241878180030842013-04-10T03:59:13.830-07:002013-04-10T03:59:13.830-07:00Thanks, Helena, for letting me know about Teresa a...Thanks, Helena, for letting me know about Teresa and for posting the interesting link! I think I may discover that a lot more writers do this than I ever suspected! ~JulieJulie Moffettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-55807630460364282212013-04-10T00:22:06.545-07:002013-04-10T00:22:06.545-07:00I'm not a writer, but I have heard of other wr...I'm not a writer, but I have heard of other writers doing this (for example, Teresa Grant aka Tracy Grant, who writes Napoleon-era mysteries). This is what she said in a recent interview:<br /><br />"I need to work on the plot before I begin writing. I lay out scenes on index cards, which lets me shuffle things around and see the gaps in the plot. ... I love writing in Scrivener for this. It has a corkboard view (so no need to worry about my cats or my toddler messing up index cards spread on my dining room table), and you can easily switch from the corkboard to outline view to a draft, which allows me to write scenes out of order, skipping over plot elements I’m still working out or later moving things around if I’m not quite sure where they’ll fall in the story. I also find I waste less time on transitions writing this way."<br /><br />http://wordwenches.typepad.com/word_wenches/2013/04/your-books-are-not-only-compelling-mysteries-but-also-explore-the-complex-psychological-struggles-of-men-and-women-trying-to.htmlHelenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553503435833467369noreply@blogger.com