tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post5306175325887891047..comments2024-01-24T05:13:06.164-08:00Comments on Not Your Usual Suspects: Writing Like a Builder (or Building Like a Writer)Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11286314155783213006noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-89225208967043494482017-03-10T07:05:54.077-08:002017-03-10T07:05:54.077-08:00Thnaks for sharing. I feel all creative acts are l...Thnaks for sharing. I feel all creative acts are linked. Sewing, sketching, painting, gardening. Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054306874904898496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-87918589567384810732017-03-08T15:58:26.968-08:002017-03-08T15:58:26.968-08:00Thanks for adding your other creative endeavors! I...Thanks for adding your other creative endeavors! I like baking as well, Anne Marie, and definitely feel the relationship to writing - especially the necessity for patience with the process. Glad you liked the analogies, Jean, they came together pretty seamlessly as I was working. Cathy, I had to look up fused glass, and it's beautiful stuff. Creating something as a gift really gives it a special purpose. I like the weaving metaphor, Toni, it captures how interrelated all the pieces of a book are. Nico Rossohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06921053471174740552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-17272084124019533772017-03-08T12:00:56.790-08:002017-03-08T12:00:56.790-08:00Love it. I've always thought of it as weaving....Love it. I've always thought of it as weaving. I'm a plotter but I'm always going back to the design stage, at least for the first part of the book. I just find the design alters as I write. I need the extra color thread. Love the video!Toni Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09006694783089788568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-1100298289636187902017-03-08T11:41:49.822-08:002017-03-08T11:41:49.822-08:00Nice to meet another planner!
I have several cre...Nice to meet another planner! <br /><br />I have several creative outlets other than writing. The closest analogy to your building is creating fused glass pieces. The creative part includes designing the piece, deciding colors, texture retention, fusing technique to create the desired form. Decisions about the functional pieces vs purely decorative. The intended recipient. The actual assembly requires precise cuts and attention to air corridors and technical elements that would bore most people. The "finished" product often need polishing to remove rough edges. But at the end, it's satisfying to make a visually appealing item - and give it away. :)<br /> CathyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671747592743029540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-39433039353231140782017-03-08T09:54:39.291-08:002017-03-08T09:54:39.291-08:00Clever video, Nico. Enjoyed all the apt analogies-...Clever video, Nico. Enjoyed all the apt analogies--the sawing, the chopping, the nailing, the hot on-fire wiring, the polishing. Very entertaining, and in the final analysis, isn't that what fiction is all about?jean harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04925805990806522316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-78989430047848519732017-03-08T07:38:32.939-08:002017-03-08T07:38:32.939-08:00Love the post and the video, Nico! Looks like you ...Love the post and the video, Nico! Looks like you were having a lot of fun. :D<br /><br />I've thought often about how creative processes can be similar, no matter what the artistic creation. I sometimes liken my writing process to baking because I seem to start with a lump of dough (the first few scenes that come to me, and sometimes a character sketch or two) and then rolling it out is similar to lengthening those scenes, adding bits and pieces to develop the "flavor." I also have done oil painting in the past, and thought about how layering the hues, shading the objects and bringing out depth is similar to developing the words in scenes to create a lovely picture.Anne Marie Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603878676306179018noreply@blogger.com