Comments on: Finished ‘Interlude: Nate The Lesser Evil’

By: Deb1789

Deb1789 — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:54:23 +0000

So 1039 Words today.
I re-rewrote the scene my cat dumped, after taking yesterday off to purge the frustration. I am now in a happy place and ready to move on.
For those who are wondering, Kitty still has his skin. For now.

By: Gabby

Gabby — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:20:53 +0000

1277 today, moving the plot forward. I was reading some blogs yesterday (when I should have been writing) and one quote stuck with me. One blugger said that writing is a lot just getting your butt in the chair. And once you’re there just throwing rocks at it until something sticks… something like that. It’s how the middle has felt for me. I’ve unplugged the internet while I write and turned off the TV and now just forcing myself to sit in the chair until the 2 hours are up (and not focus on the word count). Seems to work when I put it into practice.

By: The Pencil Neck

The Pencil Neck — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:42:50 +0000

It’s a mind-mapping technique that Holly teaches in the How To Think Sideways course that helps you figure out what you should be writing about, what things move you.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:47:51 +0000

I know I’ve heard the term “sweet spot mapping” before but for the life of me, I can’t place it. Can I get a hint?

By: Twila

Twila — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:32:00 +0000

Still working hard to set aside free time in the classes I have left before school lets out for Christmas break so that I can keep developing this character. My mom was generous enough to buy me the four-clinic bundle, so I’ve been having fun with the questioning to bring out this White Myth victim’s character.

I think somewhere in that part on writing about your character’s past TalysMana was affecting me–corruption makes me shiver, especially the way the new scene portrayed it. I still feel my stomach turning thinking about what’s going to happen next in that face of the story. I don’t think I actually grasped the scope of when you said “empathize, don’t sympathize” with your characters until I read the scene this morning. My character’s past seems to want to take steps further into tragedy after having read it, and next time I open up the .doc for it I’m going to let the reins fly loose. X3

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:04:31 +0000

Hope you can figure this out and are better soon.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:03:53 +0000

Hope you enjoy telling her story – sounds potentially very rewarding…

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:01:56 +0000

I’m glad you felt it was worth it in the end

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:59:17 +0000

Thanks for that. It’s easier when you’ve got a full day to commit to it, though I seriously doubted myself at times yesterday when I ploughed through a flat RFW scene then a flat OFL scene. I’m easing off a little over Xmas, and January should quickly bring the end of OFL first draft and the D&DI revision, so I’ll start to see light at the end of the tunnel.

By: Erin Kendall

Erin Kendall — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:13:47 +0000

1,070 words on the rewrite, and I’m nearly to the halfway mark.

Cheers,
EK