tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post115660872314278379..comments2023-11-07T21:12:19.852-06:00Comments on Wyrdsmiths: Dream and Story, or Leaking Weirdnesstate hallawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06631759014508937940noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-1156988439894683962006-08-30T20:40:00.000-05:002006-08-30T20:40:00.000-05:00That's cool Muneraven, utterly alien to my process...That's cool Muneraven, utterly alien to my process, but very cool.Kelly McCulloughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06399122960869198042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-1156955407361481982006-08-30T11:30:00.000-05:002006-08-30T11:30:00.000-05:00My ideas show up as characters, as people first. ...My ideas show up as characters, as people first. Always. Just a person who is somehow interesting to me. I see them in a scene, rather like I just turned on a TV show and there is a dramatic scene playing with no context. And things develop from there. There is lots of plain old writing work after that initial idea saunters into my head, but the finding ideas part isn't hard for me because ideas are so personified for me that it feels like I'm sitting on a bench and ideas just walk right up to me and begin . . .saying or doing something.<BR/><BR/>I think a lot of speculative fiction writers are idea writers first. Especially speculative short story writers. I like that kind of writing, but it isn't what I do. Everything I write is character-driven from the get-go. <BR/><BR/>:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-1156710824634538822006-08-27T15:33:00.000-05:002006-08-27T15:33:00.000-05:00Do the ones that come out of thin air arrive and g...Do the ones that come out of thin air arrive and grab you by the lapels, demanding to be written, or is it a more gentle process?Kelly McCulloughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06399122960869198042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-1156620580578625572006-08-26T14:29:00.000-05:002006-08-26T14:29:00.000-05:00Sometimes I feel like ideas come to me out of thin...Sometimes I feel like ideas come to me out of thin air, other times I have to beg, borrow, and plead for them to come to me. I know that when I'm stuck or trying to get a scene to play out in a certain way, sometimes I'm able to dream about it - and then write down whatever my subconscious worked out for me the next day.~ Marihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791869629938128432noreply@blogger.com