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Thank you Chris, good advise, good post.

The Story Reading Ape says:

September 7, 2015 at 07:40

Hope it helps Gigi 😀

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I really appreciate the visual presentation of these methods. So helpful to have a quick reference. I’ve tried versions of several of these at different stages during the process. Thanks for posting!

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The Story Reading Ape says:

September 6, 2015 at 19:37

Welcome Linda – hope the infographics I find and share help 😃

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I guess I’m a synopsis writer…a term I wouldn’t have used since writing a synopsis after the fact is sheer torture! Ha ha.

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If I had to go through all the steps in some of the items above, I would never write anything! Here’s how I went about writing my current WIP, the sequel volume to The Labors of Ki’shto’ba Huge-Head. I pretty much had the plot worked out in my head – I knew what elements had to be included. Then I just start to write. If there are gaps that I haven’t worked out, it can be dangerous, because I get in trouble when I start to improvise, but fortunately with this book there weren’t any. When I’ve written the whole thing, I go through it, expanding some things, adding some things, cutting some things, and generally working over the diction and the grammar. After I’ve done that several times, I decide I’m finished. After that, it’s really smart to let it rest for a while, like bread dough, and then go back and revise it again. You’d be surprised what you’ll see that you missed in the heat of first creativity.

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The Story Reading Ape says:

September 6, 2015 at 17:18

I think resting the story is important – it matures with time Lorinda 👍😃

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