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We call this…”working”

Tweet*cue hysterical laughter*Sometimes it seems like I’ll do anything to avoid writing, whether subconsciously or not. For the past few weeks I’ve been on a crusade against dust kitties and unused...

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Novel revision update

TweetWC: 1,093 Scenes: >1LOL! I’m finally really getting to the nitty-gritty of the novel revision. I’ve pretty much completed my line-by-line copy editing, and now I have some scenes to go back and...

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GLA’s “Dear Lucky Agent”

TweetI rewrote the beginning of Shaper so that the first two hundred words are snappier, have less drama but more action, and hopefully get to the catalyst event quicker. How sad is it that this feels...

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Novel revision, day…we’ll call it 2

TweetAfter a frustrating start, I’ve managed to be pretty productive tonight. I cleaned off my desk so I’d have a lot of space to spread out the manuscript printout that I’d scribbled all over…and then...

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NaNoEdMo is almost upon us?

TweetYikes.TweetThe post NaNoEdMo is almost upon us? appeared first on Stephanie A. Cain.No related posts.

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Revision is a battlefield

TweetAnd lately some of the casualties have been a couple of scenes I always liked and a character who, honestly, sort of annoys me.  But fortunately I’ve discovered a few foxholes, like a couple of...

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Novel excerpt from MAZE OF MOMENTS

TweetTo give myself some motivation to keep working on the revision, I’m posting an excerpt of the novel I’m currently revising (again) to try to get it ready to query agents. Any and all critiques are...

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Stymied by the climax

TweetAccording to my novel outline, I’m 9 scenes away from finishing the novel revision. And I’m stuck at the scene that takes place right before the major showdown. I have to get Character C and...

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Editing

TweetI hope this entry still sounds coherent when my Benadryl wears off. I’ve been suffering a violent allergy attack all day, which for me involves a plethora of violent sneezes in addition to...

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Music and Writing

TweetOver the past month, I’ve been revisiting a story I wrote several years ago. It has a nice premise, but the story itself was sort of a wreck. There was very little in the way of plot, and no...

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