Do you ever wonder how some authors come up with completely different worlds? My writing is always grounded in reality. There are of course a few liberties taken, but my characters are stuck in a real world very similar to the one you and I inhabit. The writers who create whole other worlds amaze me. Like C.S. Lewis and Narnia or J.K. Rowling and Hogwarts.
I always wonder if there is this massive planning that goes into, which I'm sure there is quite a bit, but do they sit and focus on the world their characters will live in? Is it all intricately drawn up in their minds and pounded out in notes and pictures? Or is it all some kind of happenstance that things seem to flow together. Like with the Harry Potter series; did Rowling have all the details of the magical world planned out or did a lot of it just fall into place with each progression of the series?
It fascinates me. I've been thinking about this a lot. Perhaps because of the new project I find myself attracted to. It is rooted in the real world, but has lots of magical elements to it. I just wish I could crawl around the mind of some authors and really experience their brainstorming/writing process.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
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My story's world is very similar to my characters in this way.
To me, they already exist. I just have to take the time to explore...
:-)
I love creating things that aren't completely real, but like you say, it has to be mainly reality for me.
I do know however, that JK Rowling planned for 5 years before she started writing Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
:)
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