tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839584506001378073.post6974078075788627850..comments2023-10-30T22:39:14.941+11:00Comments on Jonathan Gould, Writer: Pantsers and plotters and plontsersJonathan Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169533695637011148noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839584506001378073.post-3305694868494012892013-07-29T19:23:05.838+10:002013-07-29T19:23:05.838+10:00Thanks for sharing this interesting information. B...Thanks for sharing this interesting information. But I guess I like the idea of being a plotter. It prevents your story from wandering because you have a guide on what your story will be. And I guess it is an organized way of writing. <br /><a href="http://www.theipsstore.com/" rel="nofollow">TheIPSStore.com</a>jelly andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15739210874674200059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839584506001378073.post-79855735946215632872012-05-15T19:43:04.545+10:002012-05-15T19:43:04.545+10:00Hi Andy,
Liked your post - funny as I'm also ...Hi Andy,<br /><br />Liked your post - funny as I'm also a reformed computer programmer (don't tell anyone).<br /><br />Actually, to be honest, a procrastinator is what I am most of the time - think there's something for another post there.Jonathan Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169533695637011148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839584506001378073.post-43224557030404998002012-05-15T07:14:49.443+10:002012-05-15T07:14:49.443+10:00I so love this debate, as I'm also a bit of bo...I so love this debate, as I'm also a bit of both (leaning toward Pantser). <a href="http://all-things-andy-gavin.com/2011/10/07/plotter-vs-pantser/" rel="nofollow">I wrote up my own thoughts on it at my blog</a>, while avoiding sitting down to actually write -- something I am doing at this very moment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839584506001378073.post-73229796903919176052012-05-14T19:23:24.740+10:002012-05-14T19:23:24.740+10:00Hi Jim,
I know the feeling - I've also used o...Hi Jim,<br /><br />I know the feeling - I've also used other books as templates.<br /><br />I think the fun part is making up your own rules for how you're most comfortable as a writer.Jonathan Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169533695637011148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839584506001378073.post-86953982437862786892012-05-14T00:22:38.412+10:002012-05-14T00:22:38.412+10:00I have always wished I was a plotter. I imagine th...I have always wished I was a plotter. I imagine them sitting down over a cup of coffee and a garibaldi, laying out who does what, when and where and then all they have to do is fill in the blanks over the next few months. I’ve tried using existing novels as templates—I’m still trying with this current project—and they do help—I owe debt of gratitude to Patrick Süskind whose novella <i>The Pigeon</i> got me started on my first book, Samuel Beckett whose novella <i>Mercier and Camier</i> forms the core to <i>Milligan and Murphy</i> and Don DeLillo whose novella (another novella!) <i>The Body Artist</i> gave me some of the themes I explored in <i>Left</i>—but I never really know where things are going or how they’re going to end, with the single exception of <i>Milligan and Murphy</i> where the ending was inevitable and all I had to do was get my protagonists there. I don’t even plot short stories but most of them are really just slices of life anyway. <br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.com