The Cottage of Blog
The Cottage of Blog
Welcome to the Cottage of Blog. Grab a cup of coffee and join me for a chat. Love to know what you're doing. Love to share with you what I'm doing.
I thought I'd had it all figured out. My retirement life that is. Well, actually I do. But, I'm thinking about staying on just a bit longer. Half year-year. It's amazing how one vascilates about something like this. Definitely one of the big stressers.
Writing. Yes, I am. I'm finally back. Last weekend I plotted out my newest WIP, which I SWEAR will have a new title. I'm going to let it hatch itself. It doesn't need any help from me. I have the story mapped out scene by scene. I'm sure they will change as I go along.
Today I worked on a scene change in a police station setting. The conversation changed, but the essence didn't. That was encouraging. Tonight I'm going to pull that into the manuscript and move on to the next scene. Some major blocks have been clear to move on. Thank heavens.
What's so hard is keeping the basic plotline simple. Not that plot lines should be simple. But, some of us have a tendency for overkill. One murder isn't sufficient. There has to be four or five. Although I do love a good serial killer suspense novel.
One thing I love about writing is taking issues that I'm particularly interested in and studying them as I send my characters headlong into those topics. Obsession is the theme for this story. It's a terrifying prospect having someone so obsessed with you, they'd destroy your life. It happens to movie stars all the time. Sad.
I love a good psychological drama.
I just joined an Agatha Christie book club at the local library. We discussed the ABC murders and The Murder of Roger Akroyd. That last one, by the way, was the first mystery I ever read. I remember it like yesterday. I was baby sitting. The house was dark. There were noises coming from the upstairs--and not baby noises either. I nearly jumped out of my skin. Of course they were just the settling noises all old houses make. But--when you're reading Dame Agatha . . .
I hope to be back more regularly.
Craft book of choice: synopsis by Pam McCutcheon. I can't say it makes writing a synopsis enjoyable, but it certainly does make it easier and more organized.
Take care all. Hope to hear back from you.
Pat
Welcome to the Cottage of Blog. Grab a cup of coffee and join me for a chat. Love to know what you're doing. Love to share with you what I'm doing.
I thought I'd had it all figured out. My retirement life that is. Well, actually I do. But, I'm thinking about staying on just a bit longer. Half year-year. It's amazing how one vascilates about something like this. Definitely one of the big stressers.
Writing. Yes, I am. I'm finally back. Last weekend I plotted out my newest WIP, which I SWEAR will have a new title. I'm going to let it hatch itself. It doesn't need any help from me. I have the story mapped out scene by scene. I'm sure they will change as I go along.
Today I worked on a scene change in a police station setting. The conversation changed, but the essence didn't. That was encouraging. Tonight I'm going to pull that into the manuscript and move on to the next scene. Some major blocks have been clear to move on. Thank heavens.
What's so hard is keeping the basic plotline simple. Not that plot lines should be simple. But, some of us have a tendency for overkill. One murder isn't sufficient. There has to be four or five. Although I do love a good serial killer suspense novel.
One thing I love about writing is taking issues that I'm particularly interested in and studying them as I send my characters headlong into those topics. Obsession is the theme for this story. It's a terrifying prospect having someone so obsessed with you, they'd destroy your life. It happens to movie stars all the time. Sad.
I love a good psychological drama.
I just joined an Agatha Christie book club at the local library. We discussed the ABC murders and The Murder of Roger Akroyd. That last one, by the way, was the first mystery I ever read. I remember it like yesterday. I was baby sitting. The house was dark. There were noises coming from the upstairs--and not baby noises either. I nearly jumped out of my skin. Of course they were just the settling noises all old houses make. But--when you're reading Dame Agatha . . .
I hope to be back more regularly.
Craft book of choice: synopsis by Pam McCutcheon. I can't say it makes writing a synopsis enjoyable, but it certainly does make it easier and more organized.
Take care all. Hope to hear back from you.
Pat
posted by Unknown at 5:39 PM
3 Comments:
Pat,
You got more than me done. I'm stuck with writer's block. It's like a dark cloud hanging over my head.
Tanya
Tanya,
Have faith in yourself. allow yourself a "shitty" first draft. Just write. Bad good or indifferent. Throw out everything every craft book taught you. Also, you might want to enlist in the RWClist. They've been talking about overanalyzing and how many writers go through periods where they're so stuck on their craft, they can't write to save their lives. I was/am at that point. I'm trying to get out of it.
I'm on a roll. Just waiting to retire so I can have writer's block for 8 hours a day. LOL
Pat
Pat,
Where the heck are you? You haven't posted in a while
Tanya
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