I’ve been having so much fun with the plot of my new book that the last few weeks have slipped by on greased wheels. What’s made it fun? Well, discovering my Muse is, in fact, a ferret has been a major. And yes, I know I sound as cracked as a dozen eggs dropped from [...]
I’ve just spent several absolutely exhausting hours on a piddly 1400 words. I know. I can’t believe it either. But, in my defense, it involved massive emotion, a huge conflict, and a major turning point.
Now I’m sitting, staring at the screen and thinking, “This thing is all over the place like a dog’s dinner. [...]
I had intended to carry on answering the questions about critiquing but at conference someone asked me what I’d meant when I’d said that voice, not idea, is the key to originality. So I’ll explain that first.
How many times have we read a book or seen a movie where the basic plotline was the Cinderella [...]
Had a wonderful weekend with one of my critique partners brainstorming our current Works In Progress.
We spent the three days in a bach miles away from anyone we knew. No phone. No internet. No distractions–except for the Farmers’ Market on Saturday morning, and the Giant Book Sale at the local hall. But we won’t talk [...]
I’m happy to report that I finished the final sentence of the “plot in a paragraph” exercise, so I now have a slightly more detailed idea of where I’m heading. I’m currently working on the next part; an analysis of each of the main characters. For the first time ever I have a better idea of [...]
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