tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1590433355776857400.post2170448171591006100..comments2023-12-20T23:45:14.672-05:00Comments on The American Patriot Series: StoryweavingJ. M. Hochstetlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07291602346312967152noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1590433355776857400.post-70225444056864369312014-05-29T13:48:01.539-04:002014-05-29T13:48:01.539-04:00Okay, I edited that. I meant: until theme, plot, a...Okay, I edited that. I meant: until theme, plot, and characterization ARE fully formed! lol!J. M. Hochstetler1https://www.blogger.com/profile/00681163398104124250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1590433355776857400.post-48892642770809443832014-05-29T13:46:52.319-04:002014-05-29T13:46:52.319-04:00Lori, I really like your interpretation of the war...Lori, I really like your interpretation of the warp and weft and the colored threads. That does make it clearer. Thank you for expanding the imagery! This way of visualizing our work feels very organic--working back and forth across the scope of the story, adding something here, taking away something there, tightening and refining the pattern until theme, plot, and characterization is fully formed.J. M. Hochstetler1https://www.blogger.com/profile/00681163398104124250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1590433355776857400.post-661069450424101072014-05-29T11:44:49.419-04:002014-05-29T11:44:49.419-04:00I love this warp and weft imagery, Joan. Yes, that...I love this warp and weft imagery, Joan. Yes, that's exactly how it is for me, writing historical fiction. I can visualize it for myself most easily by thinking that history/research is the warp, story/character is the weft. All those other crafty things like theme and tension and whatnot, are the colored threads we use to create the pattern. It's not often another writer hands me a new way of visualizing my own writing. Thank you!Lori Bentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04714197239425827339noreply@blogger.com