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Jim Scott
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Date Posted: 00:08:38 01/01/16 Fri
On the site Storiesonline an author known as Aroslav uses spreadsheets with many worksheets to keep detailed records of the cast, timeline, relationships, etc. all to reduce errors. See http://storiesonline.net/ablog/aroslav/4 for his explanation.
Jim
>I try to not let that happen too often. Occasionally
>it does, of course, and especially so in the upcoming
>new "Dawnwalker" book, where several scenes are seen
>from a different perspective. I know it's happening,
>of course, and I always review the existing scene
>before I write the new one -- and still make mistakes
>from time to time. I try not to, of course.
>
>What really gets tough is a situation in a book
>further up the pike, where a major character has to
>retell a story she has told before to a different
>group of people -- I have to portray the same
>information without it looking like I copied and
>pasted the original scene (which I actually did not,
>except for a couple of paragraphs.)
>
>It was especially difficult to keep from treading on
>my own toes in the upcoming book since I wrote most of
>Icewater in 2010-11, although parts of it clear
>back in 2006, so review of the pertinent sections was
>important. Of course, it's hard to believe that I
>wrote the original Dawnwalker in the winter of
>2000-01. I was not even thinking about publishing it
>in any way at the time; I just wanted something to do
>on long winter evenings, and decided to write a long
>book and see where it came out. I would never have
>dreamed it would come out where it has, many books
>later and still going strong. Dawnwalker was number
>seven and the first of the series; the upcoming book
>is number 55 and the ninth of the series and there are
>follow-up books in the works.
>
>-- Wes
>
>
>>I still wonder how, when you're advancing several
>>parallel story-lines across time (and space,) how you
>>keep straight when you have the same scene presented
>>twice.. with different perspectives.. and different
>>viewpoints. And not wanting to "spoil" the "second"
>>book, or not make a major continuity gaff of, for
>>example, having identified six people on the raft, and
>>then the next book has eight?
>>
>>I also have a hard time believing that "Icewater" was
>>about four years ago.. I guess I found this world when
>>I stumbled across "Girl in the Mirror" (what an
>>introduction) being posted. It didn't seem *that* long
>>ago!
>>
>>Thanks for sharing; I've messed around with writing
>>fiction since I was in high school way too many years
>>ago, and I've never really gotten close to the point
>>of submitting it for a rejection notice (thinking of
>>Dave and the slush-pile, here.) I've often been able
>>to play with some character development here and
>>there, or a scene there or here, but never all in the
>>same "world" much less the same story-line. But it's
>>certainly harder than it looks.
>>
>>Leo
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