tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617199.post115281646630943640..comments2023-10-02T05:32:46.993-04:00Comments on Love with a Shot of Adrenaline: PlottingNatalie J. Damschroderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800784042353921973noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617199.post-1152938040725547872006-07-15T00:34:00.000-04:002006-07-15T00:34:00.000-04:00Thanks so much, Cassidy! I totally agree with you...Thanks so much, Cassidy! I totally agree with you. Trace does magic. :)<BR/><BR/>And Jody, "winger" also makes me think "Debra." LOLNatalie J. Damschroderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800784042353921973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617199.post-1152929140097816512006-07-14T22:05:00.000-04:002006-07-14T22:05:00.000-04:00Unrelated comment, but I just wanted to congratula...Unrelated comment, but I just wanted to congratulate you on the beautiful cover for <I>Indulgence</I>! I think that's one of the nicest Trace covers to date. If a picture paints a thousand words, that cover at least says "buy me"! Haha... Anyway, congratulations to you. I hope it does very well.Cassidy Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08050166282988022624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617199.post-1152843261124534102006-07-13T22:14:00.000-04:002006-07-13T22:14:00.000-04:00I hate pantser because it sounds like someone who ...I hate pantser because it sounds like someone who pulls other people's pants down. :)<BR/><BR/>I've written a few proposals for submission for books I didn't want to finish before I tested the publisher (including the last two Bombshell rejects!) and I think we have really similar methods. My problem though, when I start to do the synopsis for a proposal, is that I end up trying to write the scenes, putting in huge amounts of detail. LOL Then the story loses its luster for me. So...balance is what I'll have to strive for.Natalie J. Damschroderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800784042353921973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617199.post-1152825109043544052006-07-13T17:11:00.000-04:002006-07-13T17:11:00.000-04:00Hi Natalie:I sell on five- to ten-page proposals n...Hi Natalie:<BR/>I sell on five- to ten-page proposals now, which means a lot of leeway between what I've sold and what gets written. I usually start at word one and finish when I write The End, and I never outline. That said, the brain is an amazing thing--and so inevitably, as I am working through my book, possibilities will pop up that, for me, if I had outlined, might not otherwise. Because I'm not locked in for direction, I can choose to throw a few curves, which I think makes for more surprises and twists and turns. But the bottom line is what works for you. I'm happy the way I am even though I know it's gotten me some weird looks at conferences when I've shared my supposed method.<BR/>E<BR/>P.S. And I HATE pantser as a term because to me it implies you don't care abut craft and you're just wining it--which isn't true for me at all.Erica Orloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16415925758466527671noreply@blogger.com