Wine on the Keyboard

So I jumped right past that whole fear of first page, and I’m busy on a proposal for Super Romance. It’s a little cutting edge, so we’ll see how it flies. Anyway I’m at the point where I have to write the synopsis

My usual method is to get an idea, mull it over, write the first 3 chapters or so to get to know the charcters. Write the synopsis, then rewrite the first 3 chapters

I find that if I can really nail down the GMC for both the hero and heroine, and their character arc, I can really get a handle on the story and avoid the whole sagging middle. But I just beat my head against the wall trying to really, REALLY nail down the whole GMC/ Character arc thing. I sometimes think I over analyze this. But I also know that if I DON’T really nail this down, I wander off in tangents on my manuscript.

Now, I don’t plan out every detail. I find that just know the above will allow me to sit down and write the book. Quite often the black moment changes by the time the book is finished though.

How about you? Do you really think about this stuff? Know the GMC and what the character has to learn before you’re very far into the book?

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I had a day off today from my pesky day job. I canNOT believe how much writing I got done. It’s almost scary to think how much writing I could do, if not for the pesky day job. But, alas, the PDJ pays the bills.

BUT!!!

I finally finished the revisions that I SWORE were going to be finished in December. That manuscript is going out the door tomorrow. Winging its way to New York. Hopefully I nailed the conflict right this time for the editor.

Fun times now! A new story! I’m so ready to write new words instead of work on shredding revising my old manuscript.

Of course now I have to face that whole fear of first page thing. And decide which story I want to work on next. :crazy2:

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So, did you know that if you go to Bordersstores.com (notice all the ’s in that or you won’t get to the right place…) You can go in and search their inventory in a particular store and see if they have the book you want RIGHT NOW. Yes, better than waiting for Amazon to ship, or running around town checking bookstore after bookstore. (okay, there is NOTHING wrong with going to a bunch of bookstores, but sometimes I just don’t have the time). I live in a big city. There are tons of Borders and Barnes & Noble stores. But I go to Borders 99% of the time because I can already KNOW if they have what I’m looking for.

Barnes & Noble should get a clue…

As an aside– for you techies out there…Circuit City also has this feature. You can tell if your technical need want is in stock at the store near you!:mrgreen:

So while I still do the majority of my shopping online…I’m really not much of an in person shopping person, I do love the stores that have grabbed a clue and put their inventory system online so you can check and see if they have what you want in stock.

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