Thinking about titles makes me think about process in general.

As I mentioned in the last post, I used to think of a title and then try to invent an appropriate story. "The Darwinian Society" might be about the role that Darwin's theory of evolution had as the basis for a social movement, or it might be about a much more subversive element within our own culture.

My writing process now is much more based around velocity rather than intricacy - this is ever since I started doing NaNoWriMo. I will think of a plot and some characters, block out some chapter outlines, and then have at it.

A chapter outline will be very short: what major characters are involved, the initial situation, and the end point I want to reach.

Following this process has produced four and a half rough novel manuscripts. Turning them into something more is where it all falls down so far.

But that's five minutes for now.

Posted by Dunx at February 2, 2009 06:18 AM