Creating Characters, Plotting, Writing
There are heroes in the world, wrote Stephen Sondheim in the song There Won’t Be Trumpets. Princes and heroes in the world; and one of them will save us…wait and see, wait and see. That hopeful promise was followed by a warning: There won’t be...
Plotting, Workshops, Writing
I shouldn’t be blogging right now – I should be working on my story. However, I figured, I’ve given myself a goal and, as I’m known to do, wanted to put it out here for all to see. It’s a way of holding myself accountable when life gets...
fiction, Plotting, Writing
Of course, the ‘sane’ part is up for debate, but I’m happy to say there was minimal blood-loss as I completed my new query and synopsis. The synopsis scared me even more than the query. I knew my characters so intimately that I couldn’t imagine...
fiction, Plotting, Workshops, Writing
So, you know what comes after edits and revisions of a manuscript? Edits and revisions of the synopsis and query. Whether Plotter or Pantser I’ve been told, several times, that the synopsis should be written before the story. If you can do that, I highly suggest...
fiction, Music, Plotting, Random, Writing
I always use my laptop to plot and write my stories. It just makes sense to do so since I type faster than I write by hand. Also, the words never flow quite right on the first run and revising via computer is a whole lot easier – highlight/delete – than...
