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| Creativity Workshop: Week Seven Review |
| Tuesday, 22 June 2010 12:44 |
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Well, I actually got my short story done last week, which was a definite plus. I have no idea how long it is, since I wrote it by hand, but it contained no magic whatsoever and I think it dealt fairly well with the mother/son relationship I was trying to explore. Okay, so the situation they were in was a little out of the ordinary, which wasn't quite the plan, but it worked. It was actually one of my morning idea generation exercises that sparked the plot, which was quite exciting. I then used the wagon wheel concept described by Rachael Hale to develop the concept. I was really pleased with how well the tools worked together, and I'm hoping to use the same method this week. Unfortunately this week is getting off to a slow start. I spent the weekend with my parents, and haven't yet got back into my routines - I'm getting lots of housework and general organising done, but apart from 30 minutes yesterday working on my story bible I haven't done anything writing related since Saturday. Hoping to get that problem addressed later today. The story bible (or series bible if you prefer) is proving useful, however. Prompted by this post over at Deadline Dames, I decided it would be a good idea to get one together. If I do ever get a chance to write the second book, it will be invaluable - but right now it's giving me a really thorough grasp of a few inconsistencies, in my settings in particular. I've worked through six chapters so far. There's a bit of a way to go, but once I've done that (and the exercise on settings too) I should be ready to get on with line edits. (But then, I've said that so many times already that I'm not holding my breath.) This week's short story is rather vague so far, since I haven't even thought about it properly yet. I'm thinking I'll try exploring a relationship between two old friends this week - but if my idea generation exercises point me somewhere else, I think I'll go with it. |
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You've provided links to some interesting sounding posts. I'm going to go check them out now!
Good luck with your story this week