@philippaeast
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Philippa East started the topic You'll find us in the "activity" section….. in the forum
December SloMo 7 years, 1 month agoWe are here, just on the activity threads!
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Philippa East replied to the topic Plotting workshop notes in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 1 month ago
WoW, @kazg, what comprehensive notes! These days, I love this story structure stuff. I’ve recently read “Into The Woods” by John Yorke. In one chapter, he compares lots of the different models of story structure, to show how they are all effectively trying to describe the same thing, just in slightly different ways. The trick (I think) is just…[Read more]
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Philippa East replied to the topic World Book Day 2019 – quite an experience! in the forum Blogs 7 years, 1 month ago
Oh my, Squidge, I sooooooo empathise! I am not a hugely confident driver on unfamiliar roads, and many’s the time I’ve driven around lost, being beeped at by angry drivers (because I’m breaching all kinds of road codes), crying and freaking out. It’s the WORST!!!
So pleased you made it in the end, and the school visit itself went well.Being a…[Read more]
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Philippa East posted a new activity comment 7 years, 1 month ago
Hah hah! I know that feeling!! Incidentally, would it be the right time to give him an email nudge, if he’s “gone quiet”? Or… maybe wait till after London Book Fair.
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Philippa East posted a new activity comment 7 years, 2 months ago
I’m using the Story Grid Global Foolscap template, where you block out your beginning hook (act 1), middle build (act 2) and ending payoff (act three), identifying the key plot points in each (inciting incident, progressive complications, crisis, climax and resolution). This template also gets you to define your overall genre (e.g. love story,…[Read more]
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Oh that looks interesting! A new approach. I’ve just done a plotting workshop that looks at different ways of approaching this so my head’s trying to incorporate it all and decide on the best approach for me right now. I’ll summarise and post when I get a moment. Thank you!
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And GOOD LUCK š
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Philippa East posted a new activity comment 7 years, 2 months ago
Hopefully your mojo will be in there somewhere, too. xxx
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That is the splendidest rescue package ever!! Thank-you! I can’t tell the pompoms from the fluffy cat but I guess I will once I shake them…
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Hee hee!
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Philippa East posted a new activity comment 7 years, 2 months ago
Sending hugs, shakes, tea, chocolate, sharpened pencils, power ballads, more tea, pom poms, a fluffy cat, sympathy, and faith in you.
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Hopefully your mojo will be in there somewhere, too. xxx
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That is the splendidest rescue package ever!! Thank-you! I can’t tell the pompoms from the fluffy cat but I guess I will once I shake them…
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Hee hee!
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Philippa East replied to the topic Warnings in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 2 months ago
Hi Janette,
Thanks so much for sharing this. Yes, most literary mags use something like “first publication rights” which means they have the right to publish your story for the first time, but after that, the rights remain with you, so you can re-publish / resubmit it if you want.
Definitely must look out for comps / mags seeking to take…[Read more]
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Philippa East posted a new activity comment 7 years, 2 months ago
ps I’m trying to put an outline together for Book 2 as we speak. I’m not keen to go writing off into the wilderness as I did with Book 1! Still trying to find all the pieces, and how they might fit together….
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Oh good luck! I’m doing the same, to try to stop things flying off in all directions. What outline template are you using? By chapter?
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I’m using the Story Grid Global Foolscap template, where you block out your beginning hook (act 1), middle build (act 2) and ending payoff (act three), identifying the key plot points in each (inciting incident, progressive complications, crisis, climax and resolution). This template also gets you to define your overall genre (e.g. love story,…[Read more]
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Oh that looks interesting! A new approach. I’ve just done a plotting workshop that looks at different ways of approaching this so my head’s trying to incorporate it all and decide on the best approach for me right now. I’ll summarise and post when I get a moment. Thank you!
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And GOOD LUCK š
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Philippa East replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 7 years, 2 months ago
Congratulations Stevie! That’s wonderful news! Another highly deserved success.
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Philippa East posted a new activity comment 7 years, 2 months ago
Oh gosh, so exciting! And well don’t for grafting out those edits. Really pleased they worked for you, and hopefully it just means you’re even happier with the book. Now I’m keeping everything crossed, but given that (if I understand correctly) your agent hasn’t even sent anywhere else yet, this is all looking super optimistic! Good luck on the…[Read more]
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Thanks @philippaeast. Yes, we’ve only submitted to PRH so far. The silence is killing me!
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Oh man, I feel your pain!!
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Philippa East posted a new activity comment 7 years, 2 months ago
Interesting… almost feels like they’re trying to offer something similar to the Curtis Brown Creative course. That’s a massive amount to invest.
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Philippa East posted a new activity comment 7 years, 2 months ago
Thanks guys! I like the sound of Pom poms….
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I also today have banana, pecan and white chocolate muffins if you want one. There were overripe bananas lurking in my fruit bowl that needed a home.
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Philippa East posted an update in the group
December SloMo 7 years, 2 months agoI am planning to start working in earnest on Book 2 from March onwards, after giving myself a break from writing / editing for all of February.
I hope you will help me my cheerleading / offering tea / kicking my butt, hard.
Hope you are all getting on well with your own writing tasks. xx-
Fine with the cheerleading and tea. Not a great one for kicking people I fear.
My own writing is slow, with moments of excitement, thank you for asking š
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Go for it, @philippaeast.
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I have pom poms, kettle, and boots at the ready…
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Thanks guys! I like the sound of Pom poms….
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I also today have banana, pecan and white chocolate muffins if you want one. There were overripe bananas lurking in my fruit bowl that needed a home.
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Philippa East posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
For those of you on the agent hunt, here’s a JW blog about what agents are currently looking for.
https://jerichowriters.com/new-year-wish-list-from-literary-agents/
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Ah, I see that Sandra Sawicka of Marjacq Scripts is looking for ‘a ghost story with a good modern spin.’ Hmm…
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I met Sandra Sawicka at York last year. Sad to say, but she was dismissive to the point of bluntness. Not pleasant. And I wouldn’t recognise her from that photo.
Thanks, Philippa, for the link.-
Alan, I had the same experience of SW – she spent 5 of my 10 minutes saying how she hated my title (which my next 1-1 liked!) and was dismissive and unpleasant. I would never recommend her.
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That’s interesting. I thought it might just have been me. And my other 1-1 was fine. It could suggest the real problem is with SS, but it’s not for me to speculate.
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Slightly hesitant to pile on as I have not met her personally, but she was on a Jericho Writers slush pile live webinar and was on the whole negative.
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Thing is, a bad attitude towards a newbie writer from a ‘serious’ agent could shatter confidence. I don’t know if anyone from Jericho writers reads these comments, but I do feel they should be aware of the perils of employing such a negative person.
I shrugged it off as meaningless, because my feeling as I approached her at the 1-1 table was that…[Read more]
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Philippa East posted a new activity comment 7 years, 2 months ago
Maybe fix the opening 3-4 chapters (10k or so), so you know you can do it, and then skip ahead and plough on the with the rest? Either way, hope you install soon x
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*un-stall
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Philippa East replied to the topic My Publishing Nightmare ā the story of a book deal gone bad (Part 1) in the forum Blogs 7 years, 2 months ago
Oh goodness, @daedalus. How awful. Please put Part 3 up soon! I can’t bear seeing you in this awful pickle!!
Thanks again for sharing. I really hope your own experience will serve successfully to protect other authors who may otherwise have gone down the same line.
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