writing breakthrough

[olmue]

Okay, no new words from yesterday (I spent the day thinking about hooks, so to speak), but getting dressed this morning, some things just fell together for my WIP. I've been trying to pit two characters against each other and the circumstances have felt a little...placed there because the author wanted it to be that way. But I think I've got the connection now! It's logical, it makes natural connections between characters and locations and situations and even makes use of the local setting and also the university funding system, which are familiar things to me.

So: will everybody within a 200-mile radius of me please go into suspended animation so I can incorporate this into the first 40K of my book? Please? Laundry, wash thyself! Food, buy thyself! Appointments, carry on without me! I am writing!

(I realize this is probably of no interest to anyone but myself--but I find I'm writing this book thread by thread--write a layer, add a layer, write a layer, add a layer. Sort of a sideways way into the book. I wish it were DONE! Alas, no. But it's at least a step closer.)

Comments

[debiwrites.livejournal.com]

Rose, how exciting that you've made the connections!

I agree with wanting everything to stop -- we writers have more important things to do than laundry, dishes, breakfast . . .

Good luck!

[sarah-create.livejournal.com]

Layers are good.
Connections are good.
Have a great writing day--I knew you'd break through soon!

[ex-kaz-maho.livejournal.com]

Isn't it great when these things just fall into place? I hope you manage to get the time you need to write this stuff down! :)

[fandoria.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the breakthrough. Those are always exciting. And if you find a way to get the laundry and the shopping and everything else to get done on their own, can you let me know? That's a secret I'd love to have.

[robinellen.livejournal.com]

I printed mine out yesterday and started reading and revising by hand...it's the only way it's going to get done right now.

I'm thinking of you, Rose -- and hoping it goes well :) I can't wait to read another of your books!

[beckylevine.livejournal.com]

I think this is how it goes, especially when you're getting closer to having it all just right. (Of course, closer, as we all know, is a very relative term!) If you know the layers to work on, then you're seeing the whole thing as a big piece with all the threads, and you can see where the threads aren't connected. No way to see/do this in the early drafts!

Congrats!

[angie-frazier.livejournal.com]

I love it when that happens! Doesn't it make you want to break into song and dance?? And I agree with another post on this thread: we writers have more important things to do than laundry and dishes and sweeping. It sounds like you're lucky enough to have a husband and family who understands that. Keep writing! And I can't wait to read Anubis.

[sharigreen.livejournal.com]

Sliding into your story sideways... how cool. And yay for having things come together!

I've been enjoying browsing your blog (recognized your name from teenlitauthors). Hope you don't mind if I friend you!