tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599540626069345545.post1763962635455436357..comments2023-09-28T17:03:45.272+01:00Comments on James Killick's Blog: How to take an idea and develop it into a novelJames Killickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14513775874350745555noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599540626069345545.post-89119340437410501152010-05-27T21:00:48.526+01:002010-05-27T21:00:48.526+01:00@Roz - actually, it's quite close to the next ...@Roz - actually, it's quite close to the next novel idea I'm working - so you might just get to see it. I must be doing something right if you're doing it too!<br /><br />@Jason - Hi, and welcome. Good to have your feedback and reassuring that this resonates with someone who's business is it to fix stories as well as write them.James Killickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14513775874350745555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599540626069345545.post-61740885773720835532010-05-27T18:05:05.848+01:002010-05-27T18:05:05.848+01:00Great article.
I do freelance editing, and it'...Great article.<br /><br />I do freelance editing, and it's just about a given that the manuscripts my clients send me show that they never did this. They never took the time to develop their premise and construct a solid plot from it. They just took that initial seed of an idea and started writing.<br /><br />I get it. Writing is the exciting part; all that planning stuff just feels like work that's getting in the way of your fun. I am every bit as guilty of having done that myself.<br /><br />But I don't do it anymore, because it just never results in the book I wanted it to be. Sadly, most of my clients haven't learned this lesson yet, and I end up being the one who has to tell them that the book may well be a tear-down. It may be un-fixable as a draft because they never bothered to build a solid foundation for their story.<br /><br />Anyway, great post. I hope it goes viral, because boy do most writers need to learn this skill.Jason Blackhttp://www.plottopunctuation.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599540626069345545.post-57892231122911525372010-05-26T22:54:23.215+01:002010-05-26T22:54:23.215+01:00Hey you do the same things as I do! Great post, an...Hey you do the same things as I do! Great post, and well explained. I want to see what you so with this one - when are you going to write this it?!Roz Morris aka @Roz_Morris . Blog: Nail Your Novelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088813423467048081noreply@blogger.com