Note: I’m swamped with my own rewrite! So here’s a throw-back-Thursday post from last year. The Power of A Rewrite Q: Dear Therapist, I hear that novels are not written they are rewritten. But I edit as I write. Is that considered rewriting?, all I feel I need is a final polish. Why should I spend time with a rewrite? What do I gain? A: I love this topic. To rewrite or not to rewrite… that is the question. Let’s just say up front, everyone has a different writing process. Fast, slow, edit-as-you-go, write and rewrite. Early risers, late nighters. A thousand words a day. Five thousand words a day. Writers come in all shapes and mind-sets. Some writers plot to the minute detail. Others have a loose idea of […]
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A Plot Litmus Test
It’s been a crazy week for me. Preparing to go out of town to speak, spending a few days with friends and my hubster in NY, catching up on details and promises made that need to be kept. Then yesterday when I should’ve been working on a blog about fairytales, I was fighting with computer problems. A PDF process got caught in a loop and it looped and looped and looped, devouring all of my system memory. I aged a year just waiting for the Finder window to open. 😉 Shout out to my friend Federico for fixing the problem. So, I’m punting today with a different kind of Book Therapist blog. I was having lunch with friend Debbie Macomber, Roxanne St. Claire and Martha Powers (Carla Darcy if you […]
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Blast the Winter Blues, Part One: Hibernate Wisely
Most of the country is knee deep in snow and ice of the mid-winter blues. Going out is like having a root canal, a very painful experience. You’d rather pass, thank you very much. You’re hibernating. I get it. Ok, since I live in central Florida, I don’t suppose I totally get it. But, hang with me here. This is for your own good. You can only watch reruns of NCIS a billion times before your brain turns to slush and your TV explodes. So, what are you to do? Wouldn’t you just love to usher in the springtime having had a very productive hibernation? I’m sure you would. Who wouldn’t? In order to stop and smell the roses in April, you have to hibernate wisely today. Here are some […]
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Writer Q & A: Should I write a story based on real life, or make it up?
Hello Friends and welcome to our new Monday series – Writer Q & A with Susie May (okay, I thought the rhyme was fun, I admit it). But this year I’m answering the hundreds of questions we get every year at MBT – trying to help you figure out this writing journey. This week’s question is: Should I write a story based on real life…or should I make it up? Great question, and we talk about the difference of Memoirs and Novels in this short video. Hope you enjoy it -and should you have any questions about the writing life, email them to: info@mybooktherapy.com! We’ll do our best to answer them. Would you prefer to listen to this on your MP3? Here you go! Audio Version Have a great writing […]
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