The Dragonbard
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Elliott Kay:
Just got the new book when I got the Amazon.com alert for it. Here's a question; what do you do when writing, but you see too many different possible directions for the story, or at least an important segment of it?
Elliott Kay
By and large I try to stick with whichever direction gets me to the end goal of the story. I usually know how I want a story to play out at its climax, so everything that serves the climax gets priority. Honestly, there were several things I wanted to do with Drew in the new book that were really cool but didn't quite fit the climax, so I had to put those developments aside for a later story.
I will say, though, that sometimes I just go with it. The decision comes down to whether I can stop thinking about That One Really Cool Idea or not. Good Intentions (book 1) was almost entirely written by the seat of my pants rather than planned out in advance, so it's basically the result of a lot of "What if THIS happened?" thinking.
I will say, though, that sometimes I just go with it. The decision comes down to whether I can stop thinking about That One Really Cool Idea or not. Good Intentions (book 1) was almost entirely written by the seat of my pants rather than planned out in advance, so it's basically the result of a lot of "What if THIS happened?" thinking.
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Derek
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Elliott Kay:
Recently read Good Intentions and Natural Consequences for probably the ninth time now, and I think your biggest strength is your characters. Each done is very different but easily believable, if not outright relatable. My question would be what you do to create them? Are they based on people or characters you know? Do you flesh them out from a archetype and flesh them out further? Or do you make them from scratch?
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