http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/blog/writing-a-novel fiction and philosophy Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:51:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/blog/writing-a-novel/comment-page-1#comment-71 Incurable Disease of Writing » Just Write Blog Carnival July 18, 2008 Edition Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:04:50 +0000 http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/?p=35#comment-71 <p>[...] Powell presents What I learned from writing a novel posted at Aaron Ross [...]</p> [...] Powell presents What I learned from writing a novel posted at Aaron Ross [...]

]]> http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/blog/writing-a-novel/comment-page-1#comment-68 Aaron Ross Powell Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:03:36 +0000 http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/?p=35#comment-68 <p>That's a good suggestion, Paul. Wouldn't have worked for me on THE HOLE because there wasn't a sensible way for my characters to do much or to interact before the start of the novel, but for a lot of stories, this would be a great way to go about getting those characters fleshed out.</p> That’s a good suggestion, Paul. Wouldn’t have worked for me on THE HOLE because there wasn’t a sensible way for my characters to do much or to interact before the start of the novel, but for a lot of stories, this would be a great way to go about getting those characters fleshed out.

]]> http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/blog/writing-a-novel/comment-page-1#comment-164 Aaron Ross Powell Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:03:36 +0000 http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/?p=35#comment-164 <p>That's a good suggestion, Paul. Wouldn't have worked for me on THE HOLE because there wasn't a sensible way for my characters to do much or to interact before the start of the novel, but for a lot of stories, this would be a great way to go about getting those characters fleshed out.</p> That’s a good suggestion, Paul. Wouldn’t have worked for me on THE HOLE because there wasn’t a sensible way for my characters to do much or to interact before the start of the novel, but for a lot of stories, this would be a great way to go about getting those characters fleshed out.

]]> http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/blog/writing-a-novel/comment-page-1#comment-65 paul Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:06:48 +0000 http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/?p=35#comment-65 <p>Interesting piece with food for thought. As to letting characters develop themselves, I often write about a character I want to use in a story in several other contexts first. Then I get a rounded picture of who this character is when I come to my novel/story. Like a slightly different approach to what you were saying.</p> Interesting piece with food for thought. As to letting characters develop themselves, I often write about a character I want to use in a story in several other contexts first. Then I get a rounded picture of who this character is when I come to my novel/story. Like a slightly different approach to what you were saying.

]]> http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/blog/writing-a-novel/comment-page-1#comment-163 paul Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:06:48 +0000 http://www.aaronrosspowell.com/?p=35#comment-163 <p>Interesting piece with food for thought. As to letting characters develop themselves, I often write about a character I want to use in a story in several other contexts first. Then I get a rounded picture of who this character is when I come to my novel/story. Like a slightly different approach to what you were saying.</p> Interesting piece with food for thought. As to letting characters develop themselves, I often write about a character I want to use in a story in several other contexts first. Then I get a rounded picture of who this character is when I come to my novel/story. Like a slightly different approach to what you were saying.

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