Lesson 17 is actually applying everything learned to this point to the physical manuscript. This, is huge. I had a rough start, mostly because I was once again re-writing the opening scenes, but then the flow kicked in and it’s going much better now. I am thrilled at how many more things are connecting together, making the story better, […]
B. Jeanne Boyko
Stories of Significance
17
Nov
It is time.
Published in Writing DiaryWell, Lesson 16 went pretty quickly, and tomorrow I will begin “The Cut”! It is an intense few weeks of cutting, reworking, and adding to my physical manuscript (including cut-and-paste using real scissors and glue). The very last thing to do is typing in all the changes. I don’t know how fast this process will go, but I am […]
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16
Nov
You have to start somewhere!
Published in Writing DiaryIf you will recall, Lesson 7 was extremely taxing but gave me one of the main things I wanted to get out of this course — how to handle setting better. Lesson 15 was the other main thing — playing with time lines to find the Right beginning. Lesson 15 involved playing solitaire with my scene cards, and looking at what […]
12
Nov
Simple Time
Published in Writing DiaryCompleted Lesson 14, “Simple Time”. Finally got the timeline straight in my head. How many days would it take to get from A to B? If the disastrous meeting started around midday and finished at one, why are you walking home by lamp light? Once again some ‘scary’ edits, things that I knew weren’t quite right but didn’t […]
8
Nov
Alternate Ending
Published in Writing Diary4
Nov
I Love My Book Again!
Published in Writing DiaryOf course when we start writing, we love the idea. Then revising we see everything that could be better, or rather, we get the feeling they could be better, but pre-HTRYN we don’t have the vocabulary to explicitly define and therefor fix what’s not as good as it could be. And that’s disappointing. The cumulative […]
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