tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005062827798430682.post1286281337810229801..comments2024-02-21T05:25:03.233-05:00Comments on Adventures in YA Publishing: The Secret to Finding Your Way Through Story: Plotting versus Pantsing Martina Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358736828122139189noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005062827798430682.post-33955328621053948022016-02-02T19:10:19.852-05:002016-02-02T19:10:19.852-05:00This is an excellent article and I'm glad you ...This is an excellent article and I'm glad you said it the way it should be said. Formulae don't work for all writers. It does not work for me either.<br />I write with a broad story and structure in mind. I build as I go along. At every step I discover little anecdotes that make the story burst with life and from those little gold nuggets I design the next course of the plot and characters. The interesting part here are the thousand little stories that make up the sum total of the novel.<br />AS long as you know the basics of the theme and plot and live the characters within you, chances are you wont take too many wrong steps. <br />All of us are storytellers inside of us. We become novelists when we stitch many stories together to make a cohesive novel. <br />Im writing my 5th novel!<br />Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992179564837433409noreply@blogger.com