I’ve been consistently uncomfortable throughout writing Twilight with the TMI (too much information) Factor. The villain in this book uses sex as a weapon, but I really don’t want the book to be about sex. (If you’re looking for sex, it’ll still be there, but I’m striving for a “less … Continue reading →
I pulled out “the next 20k” of Twilight revisions tonight and began typing in the changes I identified. In the first nine pages, I cut 50 words. I also noticed I use a lot of “some.” I’ll look for those little gems and begin eliminating them. I’d say that’s a … Continue reading →
I haven’t said much about the current WIP revision progress lately. I typed in revisions for the first 13.7k (cut nearly 2k off the 15+k I started with). I think I may have mentioned that already. I read through the next 20k, made margin comments, and will probably type them … Continue reading →
No progress on If These Walls Could Talk. I have, however, been slicing and dicing the first 5k of Twilight. It’s kind of fun to read whole passages, decide it contributes nothing to furthering the plot, and line through it. After procrastinating all weekend, I finally started on it last … Continue reading →
About writing, that is. On the plate: Determine a way ahead for If These Walls Could Talk. It’s been on hiatus for eons, and I need to think about where, if anywhere, it’s going to go. Along with that, I need to get back to the first 5,000 words of … Continue reading →
Forward Motion is having a Synopses Marathon this weekend. (I believe you’ll need to be logged in to view that thread.) I haven’t marathoned in awhile, but this is an area where I need work. It also gave me an opportunity to practice critiquing others’ work. In theory, it’s easier … Continue reading →
I have the rough draft for Twilight‘s one page synopsis done. I’m missing some key pieces of action, and it’s a paragraph and a half too long. That’s what I’ll work on fixing tomorrow night. Might have gotten more done, but I had a long, chatty discussion with hubby tonight … Continue reading →
I accomplished some work on Twilight today. I’m getting the first three chapters/15k words ready for Zette, our Two Year Novel instructor, to look over. I know it doesn’t have to have anything done with it, but I received some excellent feedback on important basic stuff when we posted our … Continue reading →
I’m having a blast working character development for my villain. I should have done all this before beginning to write the book, but, frankly, I didn’t know how. Since this is my second book, and the first, PBOTL, as was thoughtfully pointed out to me, didn’t even have a villain, … Continue reading →
Thank you to each of you who offered your condolences about Magellan. I still miss him. Pericles misses him. I know hubby misses him. Hershey has become a lapdog (OK, he always was a lapdog, but he didn’t get a lot of chances to practice). Whenever he can be, he’s … Continue reading →