How I Put A Story Together

[Ruby]

Basically I wing it. That's my style.

When a scenario gets into my head I play it over and over in there...like watching a movie. The conversation comes out, the conflict, the drama, the emotions...the rest of the world fits around their lives, the good and the bad of it.

Mishka, we have a lot in common. This is how most of my stories begin, often with the characters in my head telling me their tales and showing me different versions until they think I've gotten it right.

My handy dictionary and the tools in Word are my only assistants at this time. I've tried character outlines but I found them unnecessary because a character I want to write about it I already feel an understanding for, a connection with him/her, I already know them as if they're real.

I find the longer the story, the more involved the characters, then those other tools can come into play and really help. It's not that I don't know the characters, it's that I have many competiting for attention.

When you are done with a story or you done with those characters or do you write about them again?

[Mishka]

Mishka, we have a lot in common. This is how most of my stories begin, often with the characters in my head telling me their tales and showing me different versions until they think I've gotten it right.



I find the longer the story, the more involved the characters, then those other tools can come into play and really help. It's not that I don't know the characters, it's that I have many competiting for attention.

When you are done with a story or you done with those characters or do you write about them again?

Depends on the characters. I don't mind. I've only written one story that had a part 2 and that was for an assignment. Half in Level 1 and the continuation in Level 2. I want to bring them back to Level 3. I'm open if someone wants some more attention...we'll see if I like the idea.