Plotter / Pantzer / SCENE-ER?
All right, as I looked around the table at critque on Saturday (there were 7 of us. One of my groups got down very low and we invited some other folks in and now have a large group). I noticed that we really fell into about 3 groups of differing plotting styles. Two of us are Scene-ers, writing a lot of scenes with a vague idea of how they come together, two of us are pantzers, writing scenes but also putting them in order and knowing in general how the book goes -- this group includes me -- and two of us are plotters, plotting ahead of time before writing the book. I haven't seen enough work from the last to categorize her.
So, at least I don't feel as if I am on the bottom of the disorganizational ladder, and I admit I got a lot of help and comments on my synopsis, and "fixes" from those who plot better...my motivations are too subtle and complex (which made Sorceress of Faith a b**ch to write), my conflict between the h/h (hero and heroine) were also too subltle and complex, not all my ideas made it onto the page, and my hero was a Beta guy.
So now I'll be doing stronger, simpler conflict/motivations, deeper backstory and longer explanations of my paranormal universe, and the guy will storm through the story as an alpha. At least in the synopsis.
Love to all,
Robin
So, at least I don't feel as if I am on the bottom of the disorganizational ladder, and I admit I got a lot of help and comments on my synopsis, and "fixes" from those who plot better...my motivations are too subtle and complex (which made Sorceress of Faith a b**ch to write), my conflict between the h/h (hero and heroine) were also too subltle and complex, not all my ideas made it onto the page, and my hero was a Beta guy.
So now I'll be doing stronger, simpler conflict/motivations, deeper backstory and longer explanations of my paranormal universe, and the guy will storm through the story as an alpha. At least in the synopsis.
Love to all,
Robin
posted by FantasyAuthor RobinDOwens | 6:15 AM
2 Comments:
do the males descriptions correspond to the biological-animal descriptions? Alpha, beta, ...theta, etc.?
I like to think people are a little more complex than that!
In print T'Ash is very attractive but, in real life a wise woman would run away from his kind as fast as possible.
Please do not dumb down your plots or characters! That is not very complimentary to your readers.
Yes, in the romance writing community there is a lot of talk about writing alphas/betas etc. And I'll be simplifying the SYNOPSIS as a marketing tool. :) When I get into the book, it will no doubt change a lot.
Yes, alphas are lovely to write about but most women would prefer to marry a beta in real life -- just as a wonderful life would make pretty boring fiction.
Thanks,
Robin
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