The Plotting Roadmap Now that we have three chapters written of our story, I wanted to flesh out the plot to the end so you could see where we want to go. One of the voices asked me – do you always write a story by “the Seat of your Pants?” Uh, NO. I hate that, actually, because it gets me all blocked and wandering the house in a fog. I like having a plan, a roadmap. In my workbook: From the Inside/Out: discover, create and publish the novel in you, I have a plotting roadmap template – and of course explanations of each step in the journey and how to determine them. If you want deeper explanations, you can either pick up the book, or search […]
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Chapter 3.2 Clean!
Wow, it’s amazing how much easier it is to read without all the read squiggles. And as I got further into the piece, I appreciated RH’s comments more and more – it’s a good lesson – when you are going over the critique of a partner, make sure you have two versions – their comments, and a cleaner one to help you really evaluate them. I made more changes…and this is going in the Final Rough Draft Vault. Hope you like it! Next week, we’re going to shift gears and approach this like we might be sending it out as a proposal to agents and editors. I’m going to start with showing you how to put a synopsis together, using what I call the “Plotting Roadmap.” Then I’ll show […]
Read the RestChapter 3.2 SMW comments to RH edits
Okay – it’s been such a long time since we had the last scene, there are a lot of varying opinions in this followup scene. Rachel and I do dialogue very differently…so, you’ll see my rebuttals (and I kept most of the original because it flowed with the previous scene better). But it is good to remember that clarity, flow and characterization are the key elements in delivering dialogue. One thing i really appreciate however is another eye — her comments really make me thing about craft, and whether I agree, or not. Unfortunately, the text may be hard to read, to check back tomorrow for the cleaned up version! RH COMMENTS IN CAPS OR BOLD Chapter 3.2….RH comments with SMW rebuttal Luke didn’t know who to strangle first […]
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Hey all! I’m back from my book tour in Holland, armed with some nummy stroppewaffles (i’m telling ya, the most delicious wafter cookies on the planet!) and some fun pics! Just to prove that I am always writing…here’s a pic my hubby took of me at an outdoor cafe in Prague (an amazing city!) As soon as I get over jet lag, we’ll keep moving forward with Blog a Book! Thanks for your patience!
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