tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498845843905507548.post2753159209852049705..comments2024-03-28T00:24:39.106-04:00Comments on ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA NYC: DREADED AUTHOR QUESTION: WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR IDEAS?Native NYerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16239230892287943136noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498845843905507548.post-38401858230987614932010-07-26T00:39:13.055-04:002010-07-26T00:39:13.055-04:00Great post on the organic process of writing ficti...Great post on the organic process of writing fiction. Everything is so related--characters, settings, conflicts. Thanks so much for shining a light on the value of analyzing one's own writing process. Karen K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498845843905507548.post-48737954944497222822010-07-23T18:58:23.943-04:002010-07-23T18:58:23.943-04:00I'll second Hope's comment - the process i...I'll second Hope's comment - the process is not describable to others. Sitting in a subway car why does one person immediately rivet our attention? Our minds begin to create a life for this fascinating person (do they even KNOW they are that fascinating)? Or the "what if" response to a scene. Or a name that echoes in your mind calling for a person to belong to. A line of dialogue or an image or a word a song a voice - that in an author's hands is suddenly more than the sum of it. And this comment is why so many people have said to me when I speak on this subject "we were looking for the short answer"!Lisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315265091119634416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498845843905507548.post-75499928495576930042010-07-23T15:32:28.865-04:002010-07-23T15:32:28.865-04:00I think your word, alchemy, is the best descriptio...I think your word, alchemy, is the best descriptions of the "process" I've yet heard. Like most magic, if an author (over) thinks on it, it goes away.<br /><br />Where do we get our ideas? Where *don't* we get them would perhaps be the better question. Writers aren't unique in being inspired by our experiences, good, bad, and everything in between. Our core difference is that we're compelled to write about it.<br /><br />And as much as we all dread this inevitable question, when faced with it, I try to remember what an honor it is to share my stories with a broad public. That anyone who doesn't know me personally would care where I get my ideas, or anything else, is really, when you consider it, pretty cool.Hope Tarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893703735306544507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498845843905507548.post-77113370068354159202010-07-23T09:45:45.540-04:002010-07-23T09:45:45.540-04:00It's true -- everything around us can generate...It's true -- everything around us can generate ideas. And sometimes a story you've written launches another. I love it when I got my groove on. ;pNative NYerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16239230892287943136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498845843905507548.post-76069163595953835022010-07-23T09:19:34.075-04:002010-07-23T09:19:34.075-04:00Great post. It's one I'm going to put in ...Great post. It's one I'm going to put in my files. I've been thinking a lot about upheaval in my characters lives. I completely agree that is what keeps the story interesting and challenging. Been rewatching Trueblood on HBO - Charlaine Harris is a master at keeping her characters exciting while Alan Ball brings it to the next level.Jeaninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17975280103786742958noreply@blogger.com