So do you decide to write a story in a certain historical period before you have the characters? I can't start until I have a character and a situation pop in my head. The next thing to come is the end of the story. So to figure out how to join th two toegther I start writing, and somewhere along the line during the first draft I will so all the things you've mentioned. But I couldn't do them before I started; no way!
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Date: 2008-11-15 03:22 am (UTC)