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  • Writer's pictureDorian Block

Gothic Novel Reading

Updated: Apr 7, 2019

My creative process is a mix of three things which I've covered in many of my Theories of Visual Communication blogs.


Vision Board

First, I create a vision board —usually a collage either digitally or with magazine cutouts.


Mind Mapping

Second, I mind map — usually with circles of text connecting the story.

Idea File

Third, I compile everything I've found on the internet—either to do with the story I'm working on or writing in general—into it's own idea file. Mine is a Pinterest board compiled from Facebook saves, Tumblr likes, Instagram likes etc. but it could conceivably be anything.


Podcast

When faced with the challenge of creating a digital story I tried to think of what stories I have already created and how to enhance those digitally. As I am currently submitting queries to literary agents for my novel I thought I might see how that text could become a digital snippet to grab attention. Listen to the podcast below for the first few pages of my novel:


Credits

“[Portrait of Mrs. J. M. Radford].” The Portal to Texas History, 23 Jan. 2015, texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth574204/.


“European Painting Highlights.” Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 19 Dec. 2017, www.mfa.org/collections/europe/tour/european-painting-highlights.

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