By this time Jay had recommended, and Bruce had finished reading a book written by Steven King: "On Writing," wherein he elaborates the processes by which he writes his books. Situational writing, closed-door policy, 1st draft 10% cut, etc. Lots of things we never knew or realized. The single thing that inspired us the most at the time was situational writing. We knew if we could use it, it might move the story forward faster.
The following week was scheduled as the start of "production." Our first-ever attempt to treat our fun hobby--writing--like work. Like a job. Because we felt a need to take the magic out of that part of life, too. I guess.
Story Development
By this time, Bruce had discovered Dramatica. A program promising to deliver a complete treatment after asking a series of questions. This, of course, got us fairly excited since we had no idea how to get from here to there. So, we started dabbling with the software, trying to outline the innards of Guns (the backstory, the motivation of the characters, etc), using the software. This is called "illustration" in the software. It was also theorized that we should similarly outline and create "The Fictional Story in Yard Wars." So, we created a file for that approach using the same program.
Also by this time Bruce & Jason had agreed to work on GUNS as their first ever joint project.
Also by this time Bruce & Jason had agreed to work on GUNS as their first ever joint project.
