tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post6931076585742323124..comments2024-03-19T07:27:06.216-04:00Comments on VOTARIES OF HORROR: Thoughts on Formula and CharacterKatherine Woodburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14364517253667798449noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-65795844615744841342009-02-21T20:15:00.000-05:002009-02-21T20:15:00.000-05:00For years I was put off writing because some idiot...For years I was put off writing because some idiot told me that the only way I could write a whole book was by plotting/planning the whole thing out first and I being an idiot believed them. Can there be a better story-killer? Why would anyone want to know everything before they start writing? Boring!<BR/><BR/>I finally realised that to write a book I had to accept that I know nothing. I'm a glorified secretary and if I let the characters do their thing the story writes itself. I'm still learning though, with my last book I thought it was a short story so I kept trying to end it when it was only half done.<BR/>In an alternate universe where all my characters live they probably have a special name for me, and it's probably somthing rude in French!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com