Comments on: DTD—289 words forward, and a small clue

By: tjwriter

tjwriter — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:25:11 +0000

Thanks so much Holly. I find you inspiring.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:57:35 +0000

Thank you Holly, that advice is so useful to me. On that day I did manage a 324 word count, since then have I followed your rules. I done other stuff on Friday and went to the beach on Saturday with my family. I haven’t felt pressured by not producing any more words, infact, it has made me start to think in smaller portions making things easier and more enjoyable.

By: Scarlett

Scarlett — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:23:59 +0000

Hi Anambika
I have done quite a detailed outline but I find things happen as I write that I hadnt planned. When I did the first quick write I left many gaps in between scenes – it was in one of these gaps that the hole happened… Still it’s early days and I can fix it. 500 words so far today

By: Gabriele

Gabriele — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:20:43 +0000

Sal, the mention of Flooden Field yesterday and now this has me REALLY curious what your book is about.

And now I’ve come out of lurkdom, I’ll have to participate, right?

By: Tomaszewski

Tomaszewski — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:17:57 +0000

funny you should say that, because my muse said damn near the same thing.

“‘Cause just because he ain’t a vampire don’t make him kosher.”

…whole cheeseburger scene turned out to be extremely funny too, lets just say MC would make a terrible spy. Writing it kind of made me miss Joss Whedon and BTVS.
And I really don’t hate vampire stories, when they are good strong stories. It’s just the market is flooded with a cookie cutter chicklet style of “oh he’s so cute and brooding and dead, but I can change him” teenage angst ridden vampire slosh, that I don’t WANT to write a vampire story.

By: megan

megan — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:20:08 +0000

That sound cool too Pencil Neck(can I call you that for short?) As I read your words I had visions of continuing to write and kinda seeing what comes up. I have tried plot cards and mind maps and so far all that works for me is almost automatic writing, which I guess means i need more discipline.
So enuf stalking the forum and off to work!!

By: The Pencil Neck

The Pencil Neck — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:14:58 +0000

I’ll be in Bangalore working in a week and a half.

Then back to Texas.

By: megan

megan — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:11:21 +0000

Gee Sandy, that flet like such a pep talk! Enjoy that trip!

By: The Pencil Neck

The Pencil Neck — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:11:18 +0000

Holly really explains how to put it all together in the How to Think Sideways course. She uses a variation in the Plot workshop.

I didn’t take those courses until I was about 60,000 words into my novel. I couldn’t find a sentence that really worked but I went ahead and finished the first draft of the book using the techniques in the course. During the revision process, I really had to get that sentence working… and then I realized the reason I couldn’t work out a sentence was because my story was 2-3 stories crammed together in a way that didn’t make sense. I’ve backed off that story to let it sort itself out. Now, just a couple of days ago, i got two unrelated sentences for that story: so the next step in the revision process for me is deciding which one to write and then extracting the parts of the old story that still work.

By: megan

megan — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:05:01 +0000

And thanks Talina, that helps too, maybe as a step above Holly’s, so I can appraoch it …