tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post2040145641279589662..comments2023-03-22T01:58:45.911-07:00Comments on let's talk about writing: plot remediationSuzy Vitellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12836144962952322322noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-36378011858901520732013-02-03T12:35:27.375-08:002013-02-03T12:35:27.375-08:00P.S.
I'm pretty sure I'm a Captcha-tard a...P.S. <br />I'm pretty sure I'm a Captcha-tard as well. Is it Captcha, or are my eyes going dim? (3X I had to refresh the Captcha. Maybe I should just allow SPAM...)suzy vitellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14024767835598534053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-80876231893635127342013-02-03T12:33:20.717-08:002013-02-03T12:33:20.717-08:00Go forth and pants-plot, Laura!
I actually have ...Go forth and pants-plot, Laura! <br /><br />I actually have found that there has to be a weaving between the two.<br /><br />I came up with this "new idea" yesterday. Instead of a sticky-note plotboard, I'm going to install a retractable clothesline next to my desk and clothespin my 3X5 cards to it. Each character is a different color, and the clothesline will offer this linear arc structure. I think.<br /><br />Anyway, I had this epiphany that my compensatory device needed to be at eye level. If I have to bend down to view it, I'm fucked.<br /><br />#ProblemsOfOlderWriterssuzy vitellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14024767835598534053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-10975798398371791792013-02-02T11:51:21.588-08:002013-02-02T11:51:21.588-08:00I'm both a pantser and, as you say, a plot-tar...I'm both a pantser and, as you say, a plot-tard. So basically, I'm screwed.Laura Maylenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18058744860709615256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-76366500959165940702013-02-02T09:36:00.524-08:002013-02-02T09:36:00.524-08:00Yesssssss! Let's text some days/times!Yesssssss! Let's text some days/times!suzy vitellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14024767835598534053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-83608486220574807842013-02-02T06:29:52.536-08:002013-02-02T06:29:52.536-08:00Yes! Want to meet for Thai food this week? There&#...Yes! Want to meet for Thai food this week? There's a teeny little restaurant near my house with a mean curry. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02030542207338272105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-61281590162546692972013-02-01T20:10:53.882-08:002013-02-01T20:10:53.882-08:00Ah, the plot board and pony stickers. Yes. I'm...Ah, the plot board and pony stickers. Yes. I'm going to use 3x5 cards for some things-character cards, scenes- and the pony stickies for plot points. I think!<br /><br />Averil, we should compare notes!suzy vitellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14024767835598534053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-77994992163468640612013-02-01T16:30:02.051-08:002013-02-01T16:30:02.051-08:00I love that you were born without the conflict gen...I love that you were born without the conflict gene. We should all just get along, yes we fucking should! <br /><br />I ordered the book. It may have a formula, and god knows I'm always on the lookout for one of those. Are you doing a plot board again this time around? With pony stickers in hot pink??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-46005800468060623562013-02-01T07:58:43.488-08:002013-02-01T07:58:43.488-08:00Josey, you're on to something. Applying the cr...Josey, you're on to something. Applying the craft of fiction to memoir (while leaving the facts the facts) is a whole other book, right?<br /><br />Have you looked at the Kidder book that Betsy was spouting on about the other day? GOOD PROSE? I need to take a look... but I think that structure is super important in memoir--probably the most important thing to decide. Where to draw the frame, where to start, and how (pacing-wise) to pepper in the "big moments." <br /><br />You've read Cheryl's book, right? WILD is a lovely map of how to pepper in the big moments. Of course, she's on a trail, so that helps... But maybe anyone set on writing a memoir can think of it as a figurative trail? With summits and valleys... (Ok, now I'm rambling--but that's what we're here for).suzy vitellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14024767835598534053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30074355.post-90877048584683493352013-01-31T21:00:03.810-08:002013-01-31T21:00:03.810-08:00shit. i like that book cover too. and i am a sucke...shit. i like that book cover too. and i am a sucker with a capital SUCKER for, "here's how you can write a novel" books. <br /><br />i wonder...can you apply this to a memoir? i imagine you can define your major moments in the same way you make up plots in fiction...and hope that the complications are there. <br /><br />they have to be there, right? or it wouldn't be a memoir worth writing. <br /><br />(sorry, i'm rambling, i'm trying to figure something out here that i should be working out on the page.)Joseyhttp://www.joseyfritz.comnoreply@blogger.com