tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11680994.post6818830925179906321..comments2024-02-19T15:18:51.530-06:00Comments on A Tangled Blog: A "nuts and bolts" questionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10436252931642915566noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11680994.post-16616302948671796882010-03-01T21:09:30.611-06:002010-03-01T21:09:30.611-06:00Meg and JOHNNY! Wow, I can see how that might have...Meg and JOHNNY! Wow, I can see how that might have seemed the right thing. I do love Johnny. But I love Will more. <br /><br />I usually think of a character first, and then I imagine them moving around their lives, and that helps me know what story they expect me to write for them. Everything just sort of unfolds, and there are very few changes. <br /><br />The biggest one I can think of is Cecilia and Marshall. She was supposed to marry Blythe, but everyone was so against that and I fell so in love with Marshall that it had to happen. <br /><br />In Blythe By Name, I wanted to write a story about Faith just after her marriage but this little red-headed freckle faced kid named Sally popped up and wouldn't go away. SHE wanted to be in the story, and wouldn't go away until I let her.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475183245822795384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11680994.post-42026080666856929752010-03-01T09:58:49.520-06:002010-03-01T09:58:49.520-06:00Honestly, a little of both. I have definite ideas...Honestly, a little of both. I have definite ideas of what I want to happen, but the in-between things come along as I write and plan to some extent. My plans for Gilly were some that occurred to me during my first version of it. Things always just move from there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10436252931642915566noreply@blogger.com