Monsters and Targets

So, I saw a really interesting interview on BBC Breakfast with Gareth Edwards, the annoyingly young writer and director of “Monsters“.  Mr. Edwards talks about his process for creating the movie which showed some great big steel balls the size of small moons. 

Feeling It

The problem with writing a novel is that you’ve got to learn how to write a novel while you’re writing it.  When I was younger, I just plunged straight in, but then I was all about the excitement of getting my daydreams down on paper.  As I’ve got older, and learned more about plot and structure and characterisation, my subconscious has become more and more balky until I drag it along, tugging at the sleeve of my writing self, with it demanding “and then what?” and “why? why? why? why? why?” like a fractious toddler or a Toyota executive*. So, I’ve come to the terms with the fact that I’m a plotter, not a pantser.

Ok brain, I thought. You won’t write without a plot, so let’s get plotting.