tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922561838307837931.post7851864474663841387..comments2023-10-19T10:08:00.241-04:00Comments on Write First, Blog Later: Structure, SmuctureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922561838307837931.post-49443153742088540932011-09-21T18:14:35.336-04:002011-09-21T18:14:35.336-04:00That is ridiculous. You are too an idea person.That is ridiculous. You are too an idea person.ssashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527483283426518167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922561838307837931.post-73909844027381372072011-09-21T08:23:18.103-04:002011-09-21T08:23:18.103-04:00I have one book that I'm going to tear apart l...I have one book that I'm going to tear apart later this fall. Since working on my current WIP, I've learned so much about story structure, I can see partly what I did wrong with the other book. And even though it did land an offer of representation (which I turned down), I know it can be 100% better. BUT I needed the long break from it and the perspective of another book to help me see that. :DStinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415189347501942340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922561838307837931.post-40970076495185136342011-09-16T10:02:24.296-04:002011-09-16T10:02:24.296-04:00You may be right, KM. Of course, as soon as I put ...You may be right, KM. Of course, as soon as I put that post up I thought of all these ideas of ways to fix my novel. #myperversebrainNighfalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745824744507928211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922561838307837931.post-34388201820306722482011-09-16T09:47:21.237-04:002011-09-16T09:47:21.237-04:00You definitely sound like you need to start a new ...You definitely sound like you need to start a new project. When you can't stand the sight of your manuscript you know it's time. <br /><br />Let your first one sit for a while and do exactly what you said you don't do...listen and observe the world for a week, a month, however long you need. Carry a notepad and jot down anything you find interesting or strange or scary or funny. Eavesdrop on people wherever you are. Notice the big and the little things that come across your path. Sounds, tastes, the feel of something in your hands. Everything. <br /><br />Life will provide your next project. It always does. You don't have to know what you're looking/listening for, you just have to start looking and listening (isn't that the same line from the Ancestry.com commercials? : )K. M. Waltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07167022736028223997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922561838307837931.post-85703021650217787712011-09-15T08:51:10.704-04:002011-09-15T08:51:10.704-04:00No, it can't be forced but I do think that the...No, it can't be forced but I do think that the story threads Betsy and I have been working on have given me enough material to work with. I just have to have the motivation to do it. *sigh*<br /><br />If only someone would pay me to write full-time, instead of wasting my best hours at my day job.<br /><br />Oh, is that my boss walking by? Back to work! LOL!Nighfalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745824744507928211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922561838307837931.post-8923643253013844662011-09-15T06:46:54.243-04:002011-09-15T06:46:54.243-04:00I'm not big on structure, Christine but I know...I'm not big on structure, Christine but I know it's essential. It just can't be forced into shape. Good luck with your talk.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.com