Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with what I thought were pretty sound plotting and structure basics.
I never make notes; just a few small details when I'm writing, but nothing much. The plot is never written down. I will tell the story to myself, but I won't plan it. I'll speak the narrative in my head for a while.
I spend eight months outlining and researching the novel before I begin to write a single word of the prose.
I read what I write over and over and make corrections and improvements, until I reach the conclusion that the material deserves to stand on its own.
The script is always the main preparation for me. Sometimes you have a period piece where you have to research around it, but if the writers have done their homework well enough, the information is all in the script.
I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin writing the book.
I enjoy the research and love actually creating the words. There's not too much I find a drudge when it comes to writing.
There's an awful temptation to just keep on researching. There comes a point where you just have to stop, and start writing.
If you gather a lot of stuff, then you write it, write in scenes with dialogue. Somewhere in the middle, rising from all this research like strong metal towers, is your opinions.
I have a very long pre-writing process where I'm jotting down ideas in a notebook and ripping out relevant newspaper articles - a long fact-finding mission.
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