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| Creativity Workshop: Week One Review |
| Sunday, 09 May 2010 18:30 |
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It's been a funny sort of a week for me, with the usual madcap travelling as well as car trouble and the distraction of the General Election, so things haven't been as structured and disciplined as I'd like. But I've got things done, and I'm getting ready to start on this week's goals. Week One: In Review I made a good start on the Icebreaker exercise when it was first posted, but never quite managed to finish it. I have yet to comment on everyone's blogs, but I'm getting there. I enjoyed the He Says, She Says post on creativity, although I read it quite late one night so perhaps didn't get the full benefit of it. I meant to go back to it the next day, but never quite got around to that. I started making notes in my little notebook regarding my goals on Thursday, and by Friday evening I managed to have a fairly solid list set out. I felt a bit uncertain as I sat down to write the post, but in the process of typing it up the ideas came together much more clearly, and I'm quite happy with them as they are. I did also manage to get some editing done on Amulet, but not as much as I'd like. It's still slow, sometimes a bit painful, but it's progress all the same. Week Two: Coming Up My goal for this block is to explore POV, and in order to do this I'm starting with an entirely objective account of an event. That means that my first task this week is to figure out just what this event is and who's involved. Once I have a better idea of that, I can start writing. It's going to be a challenge to not view the scene through any of the characters' eyes, but I'm looking forward to it. So, Monday and Tuesday, I plan. By Wednesday at the latest, I want to be writing. I don't have a clear idea of a word count in mind - I'll just write the story and see how long it goes. If I'm not finished by Saturday, I'll put it aside until the end of the workshop. On Sunday I'll post my review of the week. I desperately want to ensure that I don't lose sight of my novel, however, so I'm planning to dedicate my morning sessions to the workshop and my evenings to the novel. I haven't been getting two sessions a day in as often as I like to, so I'm hoping this will push me to do that. So here goes - tomorrow, we dive in, and I meet my shapeshifting hero for the first time. Should be fun. |
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