Comments on: Writing Progress: Back to the Drawing Board http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/writing-progress-back-to-the-drawing-board/2009/09/06/ Writing and Designing Books Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:10:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: deborah.woehr http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/writing-progress-back-to-the-drawing-board/2009/09/06/comment-page-1/#comment-103380 deborah.woehr Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:10:37 +0000 http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/?p=1114#comment-103380 I hit that same problem, getting to first base. I'd love to take a class on Dramatica Pro sometime. Have you written any novels or screenplays? If so, what genre? I hit that same problem, getting to first base. I’d love to take a class on Dramatica Pro sometime. Have you written any novels or screenplays? If so, what genre?

]]> By: Mike http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/writing-progress-back-to-the-drawing-board/2009/09/06/comment-page-1/#comment-103379 Mike Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:33:20 +0000 http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/?p=1114#comment-103379 Hi Deborah, I first bought Dramatica Pro about 10 years ago. Since I had always written high-tech documentation, I had no experience with developing plots, mystery, characters, through-lines, flash-backs, etc. I couldn't get to first base with Dramatica Pro. Then, during my 4-year travel/study sabbatical, I went to Tinsel-Town to take the Dramatica Pro course. Wow, that course answered my questions and really opened my eyes to the power of Dramatica Pro - and why all the award-winners use it. Dramatica Pro is awesome, but it's much more exotic than a word processor or spreadsheet... it's more like Photoshop - with a steep learning curve that requires knowledge of the model plus study and practice. Faithfully in Freedom, Mike Hi Deborah,

I first bought Dramatica Pro about 10 years ago.

Since I had always written high-tech documentation, I had no experience with developing plots, mystery, characters, through-lines, flash-backs, etc.

I couldn’t get to first base with Dramatica Pro.

Then, during my 4-year travel/study sabbatical, I went to Tinsel-Town to take the Dramatica Pro course. Wow, that course answered my questions and really opened my eyes to the power of Dramatica Pro – and why all the award-winners use it.

Dramatica Pro is awesome, but it’s much more exotic than a word processor or spreadsheet… it’s more like Photoshop – with a steep learning curve that requires knowledge of the model plus study and practice.

Faithfully in Freedom,
Mike

]]> By: deborah.woehr http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/writing-progress-back-to-the-drawing-board/2009/09/06/comment-page-1/#comment-103377 deborah.woehr Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:11:16 +0000 http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/?p=1114#comment-103377 Hey, Mike! Good to see you here. :) I've tried using Dramatica Pro, but then I get inundated with ideas to the point where I veer off course. Hey, Mike! Good to see you here. :) I’ve tried using Dramatica Pro, but then I get inundated with ideas to the point where I veer off course.

]]> By: Mike http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/writing-progress-back-to-the-drawing-board/2009/09/06/comment-page-1/#comment-103376 Mike Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:20:17 +0000 http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/?p=1114#comment-103376 Hi Deborah. ... crowding the plot with too many characters? ... inconsistencies? For this I highly recommend the software called Dramatica Pro, "A Place for Novelists, Screenwriters, and Fiction Writers of all kinds..." at http://www.dramatica.com/ and http://www.screenplay.com/p-13-dramatica-pro.aspx (No, I don't win a commission or microwave oven if you buy it :) Mike Hi Deborah.

… crowding the plot with too many characters? … inconsistencies?

For this I highly recommend the software called Dramatica Pro,
“A Place for Novelists, Screenwriters, and Fiction Writers of all kinds…”
at
http://www.dramatica.com/ and
http://www.screenplay.com/p-13-dramatica-pro.aspx

(No, I don’t win a commission or microwave oven if you buy it :)

Mike

]]> By: deborah.woehr http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/writing-progress-back-to-the-drawing-board/2009/09/06/comment-page-1/#comment-103373 deborah.woehr Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:18:50 +0000 http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/?p=1114#comment-103373 Thanks, Karen. I'm just about finished with the rewrite of the first chapter. I also enjoy reading about other people's progress with their manuscripts. It especially helps when I'm feeling frustrated with my own process. Thanks, Karen. I’m just about finished with the rewrite of the first chapter. I also enjoy reading about other people’s progress with their manuscripts. It especially helps when I’m feeling frustrated with my own process.

]]> By: Karen Lee Field http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/writing-progress-back-to-the-drawing-board/2009/09/06/comment-page-1/#comment-103370 Karen Lee Field Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:27:20 +0000 http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/?p=1114#comment-103370 We are seem to be editing and/or rewriting our manuscripts, and I'm always interested in learning how other people do things as it usually helps me too. Good luck with the rewrite, Deborah. We are seem to be editing and/or rewriting our manuscripts, and I’m always interested in learning how other people do things as it usually helps me too.

Good luck with the rewrite, Deborah.

]]> By: deborah.woehr http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/writing-progress-back-to-the-drawing-board/2009/09/06/comment-page-1/#comment-103367 deborah.woehr Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:41:05 +0000 http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/?p=1114#comment-103367 Okay. :) I'll write a post about that soon! Okay. :) I’ll write a post about that soon!

]]> By: Benjamin Solah http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/writing-progress-back-to-the-drawing-board/2009/09/06/comment-page-1/#comment-103358 Benjamin Solah Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:55:22 +0000 http://www.deborahwoehr.com/blog/?p=1114#comment-103358 I've become a fan of rewriting lately too. I'd love to hear more about how you mindmap. .-= Benjamin Solah´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.benjaminsolah.com/blog/?p=1640" rel="nofollow">Writing Update: Outlining Zombie Novella</a> =-. I’ve become a fan of rewriting lately too. I’d love to hear more about how you mindmap.
.-= Benjamin Solah´s last blog ..Writing Update: Outlining Zombie Novella =-.

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