tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143694367787566951.post7983502037442958361..comments2023-09-10T15:57:43.129+01:00Comments on Novel Racers: Hello from Another BrightonianJenny Beattiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00640209636605410939noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143694367787566951.post-65690008850492942772007-06-24T10:58:00.000+01:002007-06-24T10:58:00.000+01:00Thanks for those comments, kevin, most encouraging...Thanks for those comments, kevin, most encouraging. I like the objectives thought as I have a number of events that need to take place, which I suppose are equivalent. It's just a matter of getting to them in a probable manner.DOThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00719312854612984929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143694367787566951.post-25881235769732019852007-06-24T10:41:00.000+01:002007-06-24T10:41:00.000+01:00Don't know about no forethought is necessarily the...Don't know about no forethought is necessarily the wrong way to write. I know of several regularly published novelists who just sit at the keyboard and start typing. Block (iirc) author of "Telling Lies for Fun and Profit" has written dozens of novels that way. II've only sold two novels, but much of my published writing is in the 30-40k novella range. I usually have checkpoints or stepping stones or short-term goals or what ever you want to call them. Four to six key objectives I need to hit on my way to the end. How I get from one to the other is never clear to me when I begin writing. And I have been known to abandon points I thought were vital going in and adopt new ones. So don't hinkk of the no-forethought method as wrong, think of it as the way you're doing it this time.KeVin K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14792797517571690942noreply@blogger.com