November 16, 2010. The day I began the revision outline for the novel that is becoming Sparks. By the very next week I knew that while an outline is a must, it doesn’t give me the level of detail that I need. So I added a storyboard to my revision artifacts, and was still confident […]
More bloody red ink, spewing endlessly while I cut, chop, whack. This time I’m attacking the characters. After all the gore, about forty fictional people have survived. They are the community of the heroine and hero; the other protagonists, the antagonists, and folks that don’t have a clue about what’s going on – but are nevertheless […]
Now that I’ve eliminated my intrusive voice, coaxed the plots and subplots to play nicely together, gotten control of pacing, and overcome my hesitance with love scenes, it’s time to complete the set of revision artifacts (outline and scene notes) for moving the plots toward their climaxes. I was very excited about getting to this […]
Update, 2/23/2011: You’ll see that I have cancelled the Kickstarter “Launching Sparks” project. Though there is only one public backer, I’ve gotten the support that I need. My experience is atypical and I can’t draw any inference from it to help future authors. I can, however, point you to this article by Monica O’Brien.—————————————————–This post […]
