{"id":975,"date":"2022-06-14T12:43:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T19:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markjroseauthor.com\/?p=975"},"modified":"2022-08-02T13:39:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T20:39:19","slug":"writing-matt-miller-in-the-colonies-blog-entry-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markjroseauthor.com\/writing-matt-miller-in-the-colonies-blog-entry-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Matt Miller in the Colonies &#8211; Blog Entry 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"975\" class=\"elementor elementor-975\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cfc7774 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cfc7774\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b302c53\" data-id=\"b302c53\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e44b12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e44b12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2 data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\" style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight ); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-primary ); font-family: var(--e-global-typography-primary-font-family),Sans-serif; font-size: 3rem; font-weight: var(--e-global-typography-primary-font-weight);\">JUNE 14, 2022 \u2013 BLOG ENTRY 5<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7445726 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7445726\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7e0a6f\" data-id=\"c7e0a6f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ca2957 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ca2957\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThey say that mastering a skill takes 7-10 years of learning and practice, and it turns out that writing is a skill like anything else. I attended lectures, read books, and, of course, wrote a lot. I learned that writing fiction has two extremes. They call one \u201cwriting by the seat of your pants,\u201d which is more like what I described in the previous blog post. These are the writers who realize their stories as they write. They learn their plot as the words appear on their screen. These people usually have some concept of their story, try approximately to get there, and then let the keys fall as they may. Other people are \u201cplotters,\u201d who have a detailed outline of their story, from beginning, middle, and end. These people fill in the space around their outline with character details. They were listening to their high school English teacher on that day when they taught story planning.<\/p>\nI\u2019ve wanted to be a plotter since I started writing the Matt Miller series. I\u2019ll always be a scientist at heart, and my education, training, and position in the Pharmaceutical industry have taught me to plan and be orderly. But, as I alluded to when I described my experience with storyboarding, it never quite happened. I also realized that I wasn\u2019t writing strictly by the seat of my pants either. After a while, the only metaphor I could think of was that Matt Miller\u2019s adventure was starting to feel like an impressionist painting. I\u2019d paint one corner, then move to another, and sometimes the middle, trusting that eventually there would be a hero named Matt Miller staring back at me. At one point, I moved far enough away to see the entire painting, and there he was. 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