Whew, that was a busy weekend! In addition to ripping out the dead plants from our garden and building two new raised beds for next year’s crops, I spent a lot of time writing my WIP and musing about my first ms. I have a few ideas for making it stronger, but I think I’m [...]
Well…the torture is not over yet. I’ve been writing a little this week (not nearly as much as I should, of course), but I’ve also been thinking a lot about revising my work that I’m currently shopping around. I’m just not sure if I’m there yet, if the story is strong enough. I’ve gotten some [...]
Today I finished the last revisions on the second draft of le livre. The final three chapters were particularly hard to do, since I had never really felt that I got the climax and denouement just right in the story. But I feel really good about them today, and so happy to have reached a [...]
Well. This weekend has been incredibly productive. Using the comments from my readers, I’ve gone through and edited chapters 1-10 of le livre. Although it’s not nearly as much as I had hoped to get done, it’s about a third of it, and I’m happy. Maybe I’ll be able to get through the rest of [...]
Despite the fact that it was a long day at work and it’s ridiculously hot outside, I am feeling inspired to get some work done. Yesterday I had a long lunch with one of my readers and came out of it with a lot of ideas for ways to improve le livre, and I want [...]
Well, I decided to just start working on the other idea I had, the one that’s not centered around a high school athlete. Maybe after I finish working on this one, I’ll write about her, but so far I’m really enjoying getting to know the characters in the one I’m working on. They’re surprising me, [...]
How much of writing is subconscious?
I’ve been thinking and musing a lot about le livre recently, almost incessantly. I call the main character to me when I’m walking to the bus stop, washing the dishes, lying in bed waiting to fall asleep. When she comes and is in the mood to talk (she’s often a [...]
I’ve been reading a lot of really great blog posts recently about character, so I thought I’d share them here before I head back into the world of le livre.
First, Writer Unboxed is doing a second month devoted to one aspect of the craft. A few months ago, they focused on plot; during May they’re [...]
I have been spending a lot of time writing and editing le livre over the past four days. I took Thursday and Friday off from my real life job (we had a huge event Tuesday night that I had been working really hard on, so it was nice to be able to take those few [...]
