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Hilary posted an update in the group
December SloMo 7 years, 6 months agoSorry I’m late, but here now for mutual encouragement. I’m working on structural edit of novel, having done one and two-thirds drafts. Have been trying to hone and clarify main story arc and am now trying to work out how and where the subplots intersect/have an impact on the main plot. Like some of you, I am feeling the fear, mainly because it’s…[Read more]
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Hilary replied to the topic Two newses in the forum Podium 7 years, 6 months ago
That’s great, Raine. I, too, remember that amazing Now and Then story, particularly the sense of setting and history. Good for you.
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Janette replied to the topic Two newses in the forum Podium 7 years, 6 months ago
Raine, that’s fab news and so well deserved. Happy dancing for you!
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Hilary replied to the topic CB Creative in the forum Podium 7 years, 7 months ago
Oh, well done, @alanr! That’s fantastic. So which course are you going for?
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Hilary replied to the topic Some notes on Dara Marks' Transformational Arc in the forum Blogs 7 years, 7 months ago
Very interesting blog. I, too, have listened, enthralled, to Craig’s lectures on this, and have read an enormous amount of stuff about structure. I’m struggling rather with it now, at the almost-finished-the-second-draft-of-my-novel-stage. I don’t know if my struggle is because I’ve read too many different models/descriptions and have become…[Read more]
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Debi Alper posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Someone on the current self-edit course has just posted this link about creating suspense and I thought I’d share it here: http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/6-secrets-to-creating-and-sustaining-suspense
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Janette replied to the topic Monthly comp – October 2018 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 8 months ago
The Book of Death
I’ve waited a long time to claim this one; lurking in shadows at each sniff of her foetid breath, or a glimpse that would transpire to be a rag in a tree. One day she would err, I knew it. Until now though, the loathsome hag had remained one move ahead, vanishing into the night before I reached the aftermath of her latest c…[Read more]
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Amanda Berriman (Skylark) posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Bit quiet because I’m 55 days into a writing chain. Wouldn’t exactly say it’s going well, but it’s going, a few hundred words at a time. Some of them not too shabby.
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Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Festival Dreams in the forum Blogs 7 years, 8 months ago
It was so lovely to catch up with you @giselle 😊😊 Thank you for cheering me on. Hope the edits are going well xx
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Janette posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
@sandradavies – your comp. Wow, moody, gritty and tension filled. Nail on the head, I’d say for Haloween.
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Ah … hadn’t thought Halloween so much as WWI – thanks for reading and appreciating.
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Of course – a re-read, bearing that in mind, cast another light altogether and Ioved it all the more. I suppose I just had halloween on my mind.
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In fairness, there’s not so much of a reference to WWI as there was in the tale from which this developed.
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Janette replied to the topic I've gone and done it again! in the forum Podium 7 years, 8 months ago
The online version of my story is now ready to view. Here is the link if you’d like to take a look:
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Janette replied to the topic Den monthly competition September 2018 in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 8 months ago
Congratulation, Sea, very well deserved. And thank you, Daeds for such kind comments on my own story and for kicking all of this off.
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Janette replied to the topic I've gone and done it again! in the forum Podium 7 years, 8 months ago
Thank you everyone. For the moment, the Doubt Demons have gone to sulk in a corner, so I’m going to use the opportunity to crack on with my WIP.
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Hilary replied to the topic I've gone and done it again! in the forum Podium 7 years, 8 months ago
Hurray! Well done, Janette. That’s brilliant news.
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Debi Alper replied to the topic I've gone and done it again! in the forum Podium 7 years, 8 months ago
I AM SO BLOODY EXCITED!
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Janette started the topic I've gone and done it again! in the forum Podium 7 years, 8 months ago
I can’t believe I’m writing this, but I have more good news to share. I have just been informed that my story, 32 Ivy Place, has won the Doris Gooderson Short Story Competition. They had this to say:
All the judges enjoyed reading your story and I have the pleasure of informing you that it has been judged to be one of the top three.
We…[Read more]
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Oh good luck! I feel your pain! Are you doing the splendid post it notes!?
Congrats on being a runner up, Hilary. I also feel I’m making progress then decide the opposite is true. It sounds as though you’re making v good headway. The structural stuff needs doing and you’re doing it. Congrats on that too, and pat yourself on the back.
Thank you, Libby and Raine. Yes, post-its have played a part; also multi-coloured highlighting in Word. It all helps.
I use a chapter plan in a separate word doc too. This can be changed as often as required but without it I’m lost.
Well done @hilary on pushing on. I know what you mean about the false summits, but keep,faith. It does just take that long. If it’s any consolation I’m on draft, er, 20 with at least another round of edits to go! And trust me: the agent will wait, there’s no rush. I took a whole year between the request for the full and sending it, and it was fine.