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[ksmith]

Write First! Research Later!

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[chang3002.livejournal.com]

AMEN SISTER!!!

I wrapped my skull up in trying to figure out the topology of Mars last week until I realized I just needed to write and not worry about the research.

Thanks for validating my newbie-ness!

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

You don't have to worry about the research now. You will eventually.

Sometimes you can retrofit. Sometimes nasty facts do trap you in a corner.

I have found that the limitations imposed by facts can spur the story along. OK, I have to work within these limits--how can I make this work?

Simpler is better, at least for me. I have sometimes tried to do too much, and wound up with an impossible situation that needed to be jettisoned.

[auriaephiala.livejournal.com]

Love the duct tape icon!

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Duct Tape--Never Plot Without It!

(save the chainsaw for the rewrites)

[sazettel.livejournal.com]

You mean that's not how everybody does it?

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Not how I do, usually. I feel so daring.