{"id":153,"date":"2014-01-28T01:15:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T01:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexandrakolker.com\/?p=153"},"modified":"2014-02-09T01:38:15","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T01:38:15","slug":"writing-and-thoughts-on-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexandrakolker.com\/?p=153","title":{"rendered":"Writing and Thoughts on Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next step that I have been tackling is writing the story content that will go into the receipts. I have completed two of three characters; the third has been more of a challenge. Having reached this point, though, has brought me back to considering the process of how I&#8217;ve been breaking down this story.<\/p>\n<p>The story is first broken into scenes, and each scene is a script. It includes setting details in the headers of the receipts, and following that are characters&#8217; dialogue alongside numbers that represent the time it takes to read dialogue. These sections of dialogue compose the scene, followed by a closing that narrates the scene from each store location&#8217;s perspective.<\/p>\n<p>These restrictions have really helped during the writing process, as they drive the story forward. They also create roadblocks that I must navigate around, much like my third character. I&#8217;ve found that sometimes the best way for me to navigate around these blocks is to take my mind off of it and come back. The characters reveal themselves in time.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, it&#8217;s back to writing, and back to making receipts of what I have!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next step that I have been tackling is writing the story content that will go into the receipts. I have completed two of three characters; the third has been more of a challenge. Having reached this point, though, has brought me back to considering the process of how I&#8217;ve \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alexandrakolker.com\/?p=153\"> Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thesis-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexandrakolker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexandrakolker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexandrakolker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexandrakolker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexandrakolker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexandrakolker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexandrakolker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions\/156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexandrakolker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexandrakolker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexandrakolker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}