http://murder.booklocker.com/2007/04/09/creativity/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:54:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://murder.booklocker.com/2007/04/09/creativity/#comment-268 Cheryl Mon, 09 Apr 2007 23:18:55 +0000 http://murder.booklocker.com/2007/04/09/creativity/#comment-268 Thanks for stopping by, Jeff. I felt that way in my second book. The first came from a short story so the broad outline was already there. In the second one, I had the setting and I had the characters. I just set them to banging into each other and they did the rest. In fact, I was two-thirds of the way through and still didn't know who the killer was. Thanks for stopping by, Jeff. I felt that way in my second book. The first came from a short story so the broad outline was already there. In the second one, I had the setting and I had the characters. I just set them to banging into each other and they did the rest. In fact, I was two-thirds of the way through and still didn’t know who the killer was.

]]> http://murder.booklocker.com/2007/04/09/creativity/#comment-267 Jeff Markowitz Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:07:47 +0000 http://murder.booklocker.com/2007/04/09/creativity/#comment-267 I am here by way of Lynn Voedisch, but I wanted to comment on the phenomenon of characters who take on a life of their own. In each of my books, notwithstanding my intention, there comes a point that I no longer feel like I am creating the story, rather that I am chronicling the story that the character has chosen to reveal to me. I am here by way of Lynn Voedisch, but I wanted to comment on the phenomenon of characters who take on a life of their own. In each of my books, notwithstanding my intention, there comes a point that I no longer feel like I am creating the story, rather that I am chronicling the story that the character has chosen to reveal to me.

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