Comments on: Never Look Back http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/04/13/never-look-back/ The art of story telling and marketing what you write Fri, 18 May 2012 05:39:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Michelle Gagnon http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/04/13/never-look-back/#comment-3675 Michelle Gagnon Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:47:29 +0000 http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/?p=732#comment-3675 Thanks for re-posting this, Al. At least in my experience, the whole book does undergo a heavy revision in the next few drafts. For me it's all about getting the framework down so there's something to work with. Thanks for re-posting this, Al. At least in my experience, the whole book does undergo a heavy revision in the next few drafts. For me it’s all about getting the framework down so there’s something to work with.

]]> By: Al Kalar http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/04/13/never-look-back/#comment-3668 Al Kalar Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:37:38 +0000 http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/?p=732#comment-3668 This flies in the face of everything I've been advocating for years ("Get some critiques before you write the whole book so you won't have to rewrite everything in the next 30 chapters"). In spite of my prejudices, Gagnon may be right. Certainly after you've managed to drop most of your bad habits (like slow starts and info-dumps), you might consider doing it her way. I think whichever method you use (and Gagnon makes this point) might have a lot to do with how you think and how you do the best job of creating something. This flies in the face of everything I’ve been advocating for years (”Get some critiques before you write the whole book so you won’t have to rewrite everything in the next 30 chapters”).

In spite of my prejudices, Gagnon may be right. Certainly after you’ve managed to drop most of your bad habits (like slow starts and info-dumps), you might consider doing it her way. I think whichever method you use (and Gagnon makes this point) might have a lot to do with how you think and how you do the best job of creating something.

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