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Keeping things simple is hard, @kate-flournoy ! 🙂
And I keep overanalyzing my storyline. I’m like, “Just write the doggone thing already! It’s only a first draft for goodness sake!” But there are just so many possibilities! I think I’m making progress, though. 😉
Ugh… I feel you @overcomer. And I don’t even do much prep work. A very basic outline, nothing else. But especially with editing it seems like it’s much easier to decide what to edit than it is to actually sit down and do it. 😛
I shall be very, very glad when I’m done editing this book. For numerous reasons. Not the least of which is I’ll finally be able to send it off to all the beta-readers clamoring to get their sticky hands on it. (*ahem**coughcough* @Daeus *cough**ahem*). And then— then guess what I’m doing?!
I’m…
… editing the first book in the series again!!! Thrilling!!! 😛
I’m actually pretty excited about it, but it can be hard to remember that I’m excited sometimes. I may take a short breather between books and write a novella retelling of Snow White. (@Hope’s fault 😉 ). We’ll see.
Believe it or not I’ve never really edited before, and though I love it I’m in the middle of a low spot right now. Do any of you guys have any tips? Not necessarily technical… just encouragement, I guess. Help me pull through this… *falls to knees, clasps hands dramatically* Tell me I’m not the only person in the world to ever suffer this… Tell me there’s an end… tell me it won’t always be this way… tell me I’ll be done before I know it… 😛
Now I sound like I hate it, and I don’t. But… you know. Sometimes it just helps to hear that other people have survived. 😀
Sticky hands … sticky hands …….. STICKY HANDS!!!!!!!!!!
Yes @kate-flournoy, press on. This is something worth fighting for. It’s actually not much different from writing the first draft. In fact, you’re basically just doing the exact same thing you did before (and enjoyed!) only you’re doing it better.
But here’s the best part. Low points are a good chance to get some sympathy for those people you write who have their own low points.
And then, I’m editing a lot too, and I’m not stopping, so………….
Not that you were thinking of stopping.
But if you did…
*Glares*
*Laughs*
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Hahaha! I knew someone would set me straight. 😀
And don’t worry. I wasn’t even considering stopping. I wouldn’t dare. 😛
Ah, I’m jealous of you guys who are editing. As for me, I’m still trying out outline. And I need the outline done by the 4th. I’ve a feeling I’ll be figuring out some things as I write this time. 😉
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Hope Ann, I am also outlining. It is hard isn’t it?! 🙂
I love writing. My current W.I.P. has had it’s plot changed I don’t know how many times, but I love it soooo much. My Preciousssssss! Gollum!
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@ClaireC Do you mind telling us what you’re writing. In general terms at least. Specifics can be spoilery.
I’m rewriting at the moment. And though I’m writing faster it’s taking me longer to get through it. I’m putting a lot more detail in and I’m not sure that it’s necessary. It might just be a whole lot of filler.
Sure, @anna-brie! My current W.I.P.is an Australian (they’re pretty rare 🙂 ) alternative historical fiction. It is a story about a young women named Evelyn who is a missionary (with her family) in Papua New Guinea in the late 1930s. (fun fact about me: My family and I served as missionaries in the very remote highlands of PNG, so I know what it’s like!)The war breaks out, they move to Australia (all foreigners who did not contribute to the war effort where sent away from PNG and back to their original countries), and eventually, in short, she ends up, with her brother’s (he’s a soldier on the Kokoda track) help, discovering something that will essentially mean the axis powers will win the war. Anyway, basically she…Spoilers!! If I tell you more, you’ll never find it interesting if it ever ends up on the shelves! So, yeah…I hope that’s good! 😉
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@anna-brie, is your book your first? Mine is.
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Yeah, mine is my first, but I have done a little on a second. And I had mostly plotted out another story in my head that took the same initial idea in a different direction. But I never got much beyond the first chapter.
It’s a Rapunzel inspired non-magical fantasy that may or may not be set in a part of our world. I did consider making it Australian historical fiction once, but it wouldn’t have worked as well.
It’s about a girl who discovers there’s a possibility she could be the kidnapped daughter of a Lord and that people are plotting against the province. So she takes on that identity to save them and to help the poor people who live in the forest. But most of them don’t actually want her, there’s a ranger sent by her old family and a neighbouring lord, out looking for her and her presence just seems to make everything worse. And it goes on from there. But she can’t go back now, and does she even want to?
I love the idea of Rapunzel, and your story sounds interesting, @anna-brie . Kidnapped princesses are a fairly common stereotype. It should be a fun challenge making it fresh for your readers. (If you plan on publishing it.) 🙂
@overcomer I think I’ve got enough of a twist to it. But I’ve written a couple of better summarys or burbs. I need to make something halfway in between the two.
Some tales might be better left alone…
When Aydel realized she could actually be the long lost daughter of a lord, she decides to use that position to bring help for the people in the forests near her.
But most of the brigands she was told would welcome her are hostile instead and her presence seems to have made matters worse.
Meanwhile her old family are working with a neighbouring lord and want her back, even to the point of sending out a ranger looking for her.
She may have just made the biggest mistake of her entire life. But its too late for her to change things. And even if she did have a second chance, could she give up her new found freedom?Or this one:
Girl of the Rumours is about Aydel, a teenage girl who realizes than more going on around her than people are letting on.
Brigands don’t just burn down houses for no reason and the local lord must know something is going on. Her mother warns her to keep out of it, but soon she is pulled into the middle of things and given a great opportunity. She could be the lost daughter of a lord who the rumours say will rise up and bring relief to the poor.
With a resistance fighter by her side and a ranger on their tracks she travels though the mountains to plead for her father to fight back against their enemies. But when friends start acting like enemies and her sister is endangered, she starts to wonder if she did the right thing at all. Can she be a deliverer, while not being honest with even herself?Hey @anna-brie. I’m sorry I never replied to your post. I haven’t been on here much lately, and I must have somehow missed what you wrote …a year ago. Sorry.
Better late than never, I guess. :/
I think both ideas sound interesting, but especially the second. It sounds like what could be a good story. 🙂
I especially like the “friends start acting like enemies” bit. Gives the impression that she doesn’t really know who she can trust.
I’ve not been on here much lately either.
I’m glad you like the blurbs. They are both for the same story. I think it’s deviated a little from there, but that’s still basically the story I’m trying to tell. It’s a good reminder to refocus it. I’ve gotten a bit bogged down in details.
Wow, it’s been a while since I hung out here in the Lounge. Today I’ve been thinking about target audiences. How do writers decide what their target audience is? How important is it? If anyone is hanging around and cares to answer or add some thoughts, I’d appreciate the insight. No need for much seriousness. Not much serious writing happens here in the Lounge. 😉
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