tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533238794548293419.post3324908706066137678..comments2023-09-09T09:06:58.754+01:00Comments on Crawl Space: There she isSarah Hilaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379986260169703599noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533238794548293419.post-56941528376480452272008-06-20T15:50:00.000+01:002008-06-20T15:50:00.000+01:00Well, Tania, this isn't how I planned it, remotely...Well, Tania, this isn't how I planned it, remotely. But it is exciting. I'm delighted to have you along for the ride, too, and so enthusiastic.<BR/><BR/>The usual advice is not to put pen to paper without a plot in place, especially when it comes to crime. Having said that, I remember reading about a best-selling female crime writer (can't remember which one) who refuses to produce synopses for her new books on the basis that she doesn't know what's going to happen from one chapter to the next until she writes it. She described the process like opening a new door each time she wrote a scene, and seeing where it led her, all doors being closed and unknown at the outset. Scary but exciting, I'll bet. I imagine it takes a lot of faith in your ability to weave a story - and a genuine relish for editing, going back and making all the threads fit together - to write that way over the length of an entire novel. <BR/><BR/>If I pull it off this time around (and that's a big IF because first I have to be happy and then whole hosts of other people have to be convinced by it) then I think I'll be tempted to write the next novel this way too. Just because it's such a buzz.Sarah Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379986260169703599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533238794548293419.post-62807367363800658382008-06-20T15:46:00.000+01:002008-06-20T15:46:00.000+01:00Wow, I always heard about this process of novel-wr...Wow, I always heard about this process of novel-writing, but to go through it with you, Sarah, is amazing! I can't, as a short story writer, quite feel how it must be, it doesn't seem the same at all. So cool! Enjoy the tension!Tania Hershmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781460794034586895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533238794548293419.post-31725427551863161022008-06-20T15:41:00.000+01:002008-06-20T15:41:00.000+01:00Ah! Now I can believe you're not an alien, Anne. I...Ah! Now I can believe you're not an alien, Anne. I was wondering there, just for a minute.Sarah Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379986260169703599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533238794548293419.post-52870433143647568762008-06-20T15:27:00.000+01:002008-06-20T15:27:00.000+01:00But writing is the only part of my life that's not...But writing is the only part of my life that's not regimented to the point of lunacy, Sarah!<BR/><BR/>:))<BR/><BR/>A<BR/>xxxAnne Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982495677389302410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533238794548293419.post-72119297759127125212008-06-20T13:54:00.000+01:002008-06-20T13:54:00.000+01:00Blimey, Anne, how do you stand the switchback tens...Blimey, Anne, how do you stand the switchback tension? I nearly died of nerves this last week. :)Sarah Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379986260169703599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533238794548293419.post-5747071455392736072008-06-20T13:49:00.000+01:002008-06-20T13:49:00.000+01:00All my plots are freefall! I never know what will ...All my plots are freefall! I never know what will happen next - welcome to the gang ...<BR/><BR/>:))<BR/><BR/>A<BR/>xxxAnne Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982495677389302410noreply@blogger.com