{"id":903,"date":"2021-09-15T14:19:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T18:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/?p=903"},"modified":"2021-09-15T14:22:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T18:22:23","slug":"pantser-plotter-plantser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/?p=903","title":{"rendered":"Pantser, Plotter, Plantser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’m not a pantser anymore. I have a poster up on my corkboard that has “My Contract With My Reader”. The first thing is: “I will not waste your time.” Ergo, “I will not waste my <\/em>time.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a pantser, that’s what I did. I would write myself into boxes, toss half of it away, and start over. Frustrating as all hell. So I tried plotting, and you know how that goes (read some past posts).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I plot with a lot <\/em>of wiggle room. I have a point where I start, and usually a point where I finish, and how I get there is…open. Most of the time. There are a few times that I there are certain things that need <\/em>to happen, and I make room for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, with this newest WIP, I’m creating a “bible” that has all the background information. The story is told in the main character’s POV, and she hasn’t got a clue really what’s going on. In an attempt not to infodump (which is what my first draft was) I’m trying to spread the information out a little bit at a time. But I have to put the background somewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have a 3 subject notebook. The first subject is characters. The second subject is scenes behind the scenes, that the main character doesn’t know about but that I have to clarify for the other characters to move on. The third subject is for the live plots in the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m still working on the character page. Right now I have:
Age:
Relationship to MC:
Titles:
Family:
Personality and Skills (Thank you GURPS <\/em>and Vampire: The Masquerade<\/em>)
Physical Description (Which is the name of an actor\/actress from IMDB)
What chapters they are in and what they do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So yes, Jason Momoa and a “Raiders” Harrison Ford are in this book. I’ll let you figure out who they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I haven’t written down any background scenes and I’m still organizing the plots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, and what is the WIP about, you ask?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagine that the northern part of Maine, north of Route 95, are all feudal societies. Some live with technology and no magic; the rest live with magic and little technology. What if a person is able to use magic in the technological world, and technology in the magic world? That’s the Taurin. Among other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll give you a few more snippets of the story another time. My editing is going slow now because I’m doing podcasts for Small Publishing in a Big Universe and my own Dark Mystic Quill. SPBU is a showcase for my publisher’s wares. DMQ is the same thing it’s always been: Writing, Witchcraft and Woe. Maybe not so much woe anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I am off to get my hand looked at. Carpal Tunnel, here we are!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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