30/06/2004
HMS Pinafore...
Sorry, Dee, Yes, of course you're right- I never did announce that, 'Oh Joy and Rapture etc' is from HMS Pinafore- good work there- and I'm jolly lucky that you're all keeping an eye on me and my writing diary!! A bag of goodies is on its way to you as we speak! Thank you again!!
I've had one of those days- which of us hasn't? Lots of ideas for wip- but none of them arriving in a coherent order.
What to do?
Write 'em all down, and sort them out tomorrow when I'm feeling fresher.
Sometimes that chapter just rolls of the fingers onto the screen, and by 2.30 I'm all finished. Sometimes, like today, I feel I've spent the whole day writing down disjointed sentences.
When I unscramble them tomorrow, I'll start by writing down what I want to say in the chapter.
Then I'll work out how many scenes its going to take to do that.
Then I'll consider POV, and how that may help to tell the story.
Finally, I'll take a look at my disjointed sentences and try to put them into some sort of order.
Once that's done, I'll flesh them out where necessary.
Finally, I'll read the whole chapter out loud- just to make sure that brain-lock didn't come for a good reason- i.e. the actions in the chapter lack proper motivation
And finally, finally, I'll cut out as many adjectives and adverbs as I possibly can- actions speak louder than words, girls, in every respect!!
Happy reading and writing everyone!
Susan
I've had one of those days- which of us hasn't? Lots of ideas for wip- but none of them arriving in a coherent order.
What to do?
Write 'em all down, and sort them out tomorrow when I'm feeling fresher.
Sometimes that chapter just rolls of the fingers onto the screen, and by 2.30 I'm all finished. Sometimes, like today, I feel I've spent the whole day writing down disjointed sentences.
When I unscramble them tomorrow, I'll start by writing down what I want to say in the chapter.
Then I'll work out how many scenes its going to take to do that.
Then I'll consider POV, and how that may help to tell the story.
Finally, I'll take a look at my disjointed sentences and try to put them into some sort of order.
Once that's done, I'll flesh them out where necessary.
Finally, I'll read the whole chapter out loud- just to make sure that brain-lock didn't come for a good reason- i.e. the actions in the chapter lack proper motivation
And finally, finally, I'll cut out as many adjectives and adverbs as I possibly can- actions speak louder than words, girls, in every respect!!
Happy reading and writing everyone!
Susan
