Comments on: Don’t Put All Your Ideas Into One Story http://www.amylaurel.com/don%e2%80%99t-put-all-your-idea%e2%80%99s-into-one-story/ Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:31:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: samanthaW87 http://www.amylaurel.com/don%e2%80%99t-put-all-your-idea%e2%80%99s-into-one-story/comment-page-1/#comment-350 samanthaW87 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:08:18 +0000 http://www.amylaurel.com/?p=552#comment-350 I am new to the world of writing and I would love to write a children's book. I have so many ideas but I am struggling to put them down on paper. Any advice please? <br>Many thanks I am new to the world of writing and I would love to write a children's book. I have so many ideas but I am struggling to put them down on paper. Any advice please?
Many thanks

]]> By: AmyLaurel http://www.amylaurel.com/don%e2%80%99t-put-all-your-idea%e2%80%99s-into-one-story/comment-page-1/#comment-283 AmyLaurel Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:47:58 +0000 http://www.amylaurel.com/?p=552#comment-283 Thanks Sae Sae! As always, great points! Glad you're reading, and it's wonderful to be back!<br><br>xoxo<br>Amy Thanks Sae Sae! As always, great points! Glad you're reading, and it's wonderful to be back!

xoxo
Amy

]]> By: saesaenorris http://www.amylaurel.com/don%e2%80%99t-put-all-your-idea%e2%80%99s-into-one-story/comment-page-1/#comment-282 saesaenorris Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:54:34 +0000 http://www.amylaurel.com/?p=552#comment-282 First off -glad to have you back, Amy! Second, here's my take on using all the ideas that come to you: you will. Eventually. It is up to the writer to determine what is necessary enough to be included in a script. If a line, or piece of action, or a character is fantastic, but you keep getting the note (or the notion) that they are detracting from the story, then simply tuck that character away for another time.<br><br>I once came up with a title that I had no idea what it meant, and I tried to fit it into the current script I was working on. It didn't mesh. Two years later, I came up with a premise for a story and wrote it down somewhere. About a year after that, when going through my notebook, I clearly saw that the Title and the Premise were meant to go together. <br><br>Your subconscious will probably win every time. Just make sure you know how to listen to it. Good post, Amy! And welcome back! First off -glad to have you back, Amy! Second, here's my take on using all the ideas that come to you: you will. Eventually. It is up to the writer to determine what is necessary enough to be included in a script. If a line, or piece of action, or a character is fantastic, but you keep getting the note (or the notion) that they are detracting from the story, then simply tuck that character away for another time.

I once came up with a title that I had no idea what it meant, and I tried to fit it into the current script I was working on. It didn't mesh. Two years later, I came up with a premise for a story and wrote it down somewhere. About a year after that, when going through my notebook, I clearly saw that the Title and the Premise were meant to go together.

Your subconscious will probably win every time. Just make sure you know how to listen to it. Good post, Amy! And welcome back!

]]> By: AmyLaurel http://www.amylaurel.com/don%e2%80%99t-put-all-your-idea%e2%80%99s-into-one-story/comment-page-1/#comment-249 AmyLaurel Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:47:58 +0000 http://www.amylaurel.com/?p=552#comment-249 Thanks Sae Sae! As always, great points! Glad you're reading, and it's wonderful to be back!<br><br>xoxo<br>Amy Thanks Sae Sae! As always, great points! Glad you're reading, and it's wonderful to be back!

xoxo
Amy

]]> By: saesaenorris http://www.amylaurel.com/don%e2%80%99t-put-all-your-idea%e2%80%99s-into-one-story/comment-page-1/#comment-248 saesaenorris Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:54:34 +0000 http://www.amylaurel.com/?p=552#comment-248 First off -glad to have you back, Amy! Second, here's my take on using all the ideas that come to you: you will. Eventually. It is up to the writer to determine what is necessary enough to be included in a script. If a line, or piece of action, or a character is fantastic, but you keep getting the note (or the notion) that they are detracting from the story, then simply tuck that character away for another time.<br><br>I once came up with a title that I had no idea what it meant, and I tried to fit it into the current script I was working on. It didn't mesh. Two years later, I came up with a premise for a story and wrote it down somewhere. About a year after that, when going through my notebook, I clearly saw that the Title and the Premise were meant to go together. <br><br>Your subconscious will probably win every time. Just make sure you know how to listen to it. Good post, Amy! And welcome back! First off -glad to have you back, Amy! Second, here's my take on using all the ideas that come to you: you will. Eventually. It is up to the writer to determine what is necessary enough to be included in a script. If a line, or piece of action, or a character is fantastic, but you keep getting the note (or the notion) that they are detracting from the story, then simply tuck that character away for another time.

I once came up with a title that I had no idea what it meant, and I tried to fit it into the current script I was working on. It didn't mesh. Two years later, I came up with a premise for a story and wrote it down somewhere. About a year after that, when going through my notebook, I clearly saw that the Title and the Premise were meant to go together.

Your subconscious will probably win every time. Just make sure you know how to listen to it. Good post, Amy! And welcome back!

]]> By: AmyLaurel http://www.amylaurel.com/don%e2%80%99t-put-all-your-idea%e2%80%99s-into-one-story/comment-page-1/#comment-247 AmyLaurel Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:09:04 +0000 http://www.amylaurel.com/?p=552#comment-247 Cindy,<br><br>J.K. Rawling is a great example of using her information impressively well! She never mentions a character, a spell or an item without it being a set up or a pay off. Her books, while long are very tight. She also has done copious interviews where she reveals that she knows much more about the world she created than she put into her books.<br><br>I agree as well that if you can sell a franchise that is better than selling one movie/book, ha ha, great point!<br><br>The perfect number? You tell me. ;-)<br><br>Thanks for your comment!<br>XoXo<br>Amy Cindy,

J.K. Rawling is a great example of using her information impressively well! She never mentions a character, a spell or an item without it being a set up or a pay off. Her books, while long are very tight. She also has done copious interviews where she reveals that she knows much more about the world she created than she put into her books.

I agree as well that if you can sell a franchise that is better than selling one movie/book, ha ha, great point!

The perfect number? You tell me. ;-)

Thanks for your comment!
XoXo
Amy

]]> By: Cindy Spurr http://www.amylaurel.com/don%e2%80%99t-put-all-your-idea%e2%80%99s-into-one-story/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Cindy Spurr Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:28:28 +0000 http://www.amylaurel.com/?p=552#comment-246 I think this is why my one novel will be spliced into 3 before it is all said and done. Unless you're J.K. Rowling or Stephen King, no one wants to read a 1000+ page novel. People today are way too ADHD. Besides, selling one novel is good, selling 3 is better.<br><br>PS: What is the perfect number? I think this is why my one novel will be spliced into 3 before it is all said and done. Unless you're J.K. Rowling or Stephen King, no one wants to read a 1000+ page novel. People today are way too ADHD. Besides, selling one novel is good, selling 3 is better.

PS: What is the perfect number?

]]> By: Cindy Spurr http://www.amylaurel.com/don%e2%80%99t-put-all-your-idea%e2%80%99s-into-one-story/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Cindy Spurr Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:23:41 +0000 http://www.amylaurel.com/?p=552#comment-245 I think this is why my one novel will be spliced into 3 before it is all said and done. Unless you're J.K. Rowling or Stephen King, no one wants to read a 1000+ page novel. People today are way too ADHD. Besides, selling one novel is good, selling 3 is better.<br><br>PS: What is the perfect number? I think this is why my one novel will be spliced into 3 before it is all said and done. Unless you're J.K. Rowling or Stephen King, no one wants to read a 1000+ page novel. People today are way too ADHD. Besides, selling one novel is good, selling 3 is better.

PS: What is the perfect number?

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