When I was rewriting my Kate and Jill story, I would wander from chapter to chapter sort of in the way you described, but still the original draft was written chronologically. One thing I've always wanted to do is write a story backwards. I've always wanted to start with an ending scene and then work my way backwards until I reach the beginning. Haha ~ endings I seem to have the most trouble with, so it'd be a huge challenge for me. I tend to have scenes from the beginning and middle that inspire a story and then I work systematically through them to the end, where the ending eventually reveals itself. ha! I guess I write the way I read a book! I'll pick up a book read the first chapter (or the first couple pages) skip to the middle and read a few pages and if I like it, I'll read it. :D
It seems a lot of writers have a starting image (me included!) that begins their creative process, and then story grows from that little seed. The way you described your writing gave me this fun little image: A tapestry that is tangled, its beauty hidden by the mess of threads. Each thread extracted and untangled with each question answered, until all the threads are untangled and ready to be woven into a finely structured piece of art. ^_^
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Date: 2005-10-24 09:17 pm (UTC)When I was rewriting my Kate and Jill story, I would wander from chapter to chapter sort of in the way you described, but still the original draft was written chronologically. One thing I've always wanted to do is write a story backwards. I've always wanted to start with an ending scene and then work my way backwards until I reach the beginning. Haha ~ endings I seem to have the most trouble with, so it'd be a huge challenge for me. I tend to have scenes from the beginning and middle that inspire a story and then I work systematically through them to the end, where the ending eventually reveals itself. ha! I guess I write the way I read a book! I'll pick up a book read the first chapter (or the first couple pages) skip to the middle and read a few pages and if I like it, I'll read it. :D
It seems a lot of writers have a starting image (me included!) that begins their creative process, and then story grows from that little seed. The way you described your writing gave me this fun little image: A tapestry that is tangled, its beauty hidden by the mess of threads. Each thread extracted and untangled with each question answered, until all the threads are untangled and ready to be woven into a finely structured piece of art. ^_^