Right now I'm working on an old series that I don't think I've mentioned before; Fighting Samuaii. I know I used to have an old website that was pretty much dedicated to it, but I shut it down a while ago and lost the URL. I'm really passionate about this idea (it's one of the few I call "all mine" because it was inspired purely from a dream, not something I saw one day) but I have to admit I'm really cautious. Last time I attempted writing it I got 33,000 words in before I realized I wasn't really focusing on the plot enough. There goes a few months of work down the drain. The names I had chosen were also too close together and there were a couple redundant events/characters and just things that didn't make sense.
It sort of became obvious I didn't spend enough time on world-building and if I was going to continue the book I would need to flesh that all out first. World-building can be the most fun and trying process in writing. On one hand it's literally you just making a bunch of stuff up and putting it all together into a cohesive history. But it's easy to get carried away or run out of compelling ideas. You have to really monitor yourself. What's your general process for world-building? Or does your genre not have to deal with any of that silly stuff? : P
So that's where I'm at now. But I have a whole week of free time (Well not completely free but I'm going to force myself to write everyday anyway) and I'm hoping to get all the background stories set. As you can probably see, I'm one of those "planned" writers. Or I try to be.
So, here's my checklist:
- World-building complete (including regional people/religions)
- Character backgrounds
- Character name changes (if needed)
- Plot scene outlines
- Notes on the scenes
-Jessie
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