thread: 2005-11-10 : Open House: Ask a Frequent Question...
On 2005-12-03, Tim Alexander wrote:
Me again, I'm still trying to get a handle on your response to the last question. When I see this:
I start with my mantra: fit character, fit opposition, no way out but through, escalate escalate escalate, crisis, climax, resolution.
I think "OK!" And when I look at say Dogs, all those components are clear. But what did it start from, and how many iterations did it go through? I guess I want to know more about your process. It's sort of an unfair question I guess, in that you've already answered it in a general sense. I can see it from the 50000ft view, but when I'm digging in my own holes I find myself losing sight of it. Does that just take practice?
Thanks for this thread,
-Tim
This makes BL go "For me..."
This sort of thing (I think about it a little differently than VIncent does, but it's the same thing) is like a guiding light in the design process. I'm digging through all these tunnels of my mind and it's the little light that lets me see an out at the other end.
Your creative process may differe, of course.
And check out the parallells between the the journey of the protagonist and the journey of the author.
