Nothing like a little Barney serenade to start your day, is there? Seemed appropriate though. I’m feeling very in control for some demented reason. :)
So, I’m trying the pre-writing thing from Karen Wiesner’s presentation. I think it may work for me. My deal has always been that I have to think a bit ahead before I can write the next scene. Usually some epiphany hits me right before I go to sleep or in the shower or on the eliptical trainer, etc. But today, I just sat down and started writing. I opened a new file titled “name of WIP OUTLINE” and set up a few styles. I did it so both the chapter/scene number and a short (one sentence) descriptor of the scene will appear in the master document window. This should make it easy to flip back and forth between scenes. I’m going to try Karen’s alternative suggestion and pre-write just a chapter or two ahead of where I am in the actual draft. So far, so good. :)
In other news, have you checked out the auction for Marianne Mancusi? It is in full swing at ebay–go here. Looks like a number of editors and agents have again stepped up with manuscript critiques. I think that is pretty cool of them. They did it for the Diabetes auction too. A lot of authors have too. Personally, I wouldn’t do it just because of the embarassment factor when my critique got a sum total of $3.52 in bids. My ego is plenty in check as it is, thank you very much. :) Anyway, check it out–you might see something you need, and you will be helping someone else–always a good thing.
Lori
OMG–How many happy faces can I put in one post? Are you all gagging? Maybe I’ll go read some first draft of something I’ve written and get my mood back to reality. :)
by Lori August 17th, 2005 at 11:19 amOoops!!
Lori