I guess it starts with me thinking what would happen if (this person) did (this thing) e.g. what if a typical fantasy master thief was caught and locked up for twenty years or a couple on holiday run into a ghost and think it's just come-on for tourists. The either the story unfolds on me or I spend a lot if time thinking about this character and the ones they interact with, and so I write it down to make it go away (you'd think I'd know better by now). Once I'm writing, then I start to explore the characters and their world, and get involved with them.
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Date: 2009-11-23 07:24 am (UTC)That's a good question.
I guess it starts with me thinking what would happen if (this person) did (this thing) e.g. what if a typical fantasy master thief was caught and locked up for twenty years or a couple on holiday run into a ghost and think it's just come-on for tourists. The either the story unfolds on me or I spend a lot if time thinking about this character and the ones they interact with, and so I write it down to make it go away (you'd think I'd know better by now). Once I'm writing, then I start to explore the characters and their world, and get involved with them.