Okay, tonight I finished my current goal of 2000 words on Blood. The story is moving right along. However, murder mysteries are difficult at best. Motivation, red herrings, and all that sort thing. This story is a challenge in that it is pushing my boundaries. Why write it if it doesn't challenge you.
I began studying one of my favorite authors and I noticed something about her I had realized before. She is very sparse on description. I too am very sparse on detail in my writing. I have gone back over the prologue in Kiss and have played with it tonight. Adding subtle details. The ways something feels when your finger touches it. Sight, smell, the where and why...All of these things are very important. Tonight editing was fun. I was very pleased with the end result. I needed that.
I am beginning a new project, one that will take my full concentration. I have searched my soul, and I am ready. I know what my goal is and I am determined to reach it. Hell and high water and that jazz.
Book for study this week: The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks. It was interesting to read his note at the end of this book. This had to be a bear to write, and I am looking forward to seeing what tools he used to finish this. Again, I have never read this author, so this one is done for study and research. But the plot is layered throughout and I want to see how he did it. I'm going to need some tools for the High Wall.
At current writing I will be done with first draft of Blood in two weeks. Then begins the first edit.
I'm looking forward to it. I'll also be glad to say I finished. Nothing better than writing the end.
Hope all my friends out in cyber-space are doing well and writing.
Current music: Evanescence
Mood: Determined...
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Laughing, I don't see the magic, Janie. I think it sees me. It's here and breathing down my neck. Waiting impatiently for me to finish what needs doing. I love the magic, I hope that it never leaves me. Emotion, passion. They are my greatest tools. and I've made another decision that is going to take some serious study. But I'm okay with it. Writing is writing, no matter how hard or complicated, it's still writing. And writing is what I love.
You better watch out for that light in your forehead sweetie, it might start blinking on you!!!! Nah...just hand in there sweetie! We're all going to go down that crazy road together. But I've finally decided what genre I want to target. Now I've just got to nab that target. That and it's got to be a break out novel. You know what that means. Everything has got to be larger than life. Oy...this could be painful! But what's a little pain?
Hugs,
Michelle
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