@riccomatx @ekaitz_zarraga My understanding is, if coding didn’t have some creative process in it, then robots could program new programs.
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Kimberly A. Riley (kariley40@octodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-May-2019 17:05:30 CEST Kimberly A. Riley -
Kimberly A. Riley (kariley40@octodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-May-2019 13:49:44 CEST Kimberly A. Riley @ekaitz_zarraga This is called voice. It’s why you do several rounds of drafts and edits.
Write first, then go back again and again and again until you’ve evened up the voice across the entire work.
My voice changes day to day based on my mood, events around me, how distracted I am.
But it gets refined as I edit. It’s part of the process.
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Kimberly A. Riley (kariley40@octodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2019 22:38:16 CEST Kimberly A. Riley @ekaitz_zarraga This has ripple effects. Minor changes build and I am left rewriting or removing large sections.
It also forces me to focus my world building down to specifics.
However, because the book isn't finished, then it only affects things up to the midpoint.
Then, I'm able to finish the book, because I now know where the characters are going and why.
Then more edits and polishing. That tends to be the processes I use.
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Kimberly A. Riley (kariley40@octodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2019 22:35:00 CEST Kimberly A. Riley @ekaitz_zarraga It's a fantasy trope subversion. Think, every mentor in every fantasy ever, who is older and doomed to die. So, she's got to find a way out of destiny.
So, my process is, I write to about the halfway point, then I go back and start edits. At this point, I have a solid handle on the world building.
This helps me refine the story beats and brings me back to the middle point, now with the lore and characters fleshed out.