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[Previous entry: ""] [Next entry: "Art Fact Sheets and Galleys"] 05/03/2005: "List Time and Brownies"
Ack! What happened? The book I loved writing last week fell apart on me yesterday. And I'm feeling a tad overwhelmded by the book, the last month of school and all the stuff that comes with it--field day, teachers gifts, and all the stuff that comes after school that I haven't taken care of--like camps and that vacations. So...I'm getting myself back on track. Popped my vitamins and fish oil capsules after a healthy breakfast and now I'm going to make lists. I'm going to make lists of all that "stuff" I need to do so that it's on paper and out of my head. Then I'm going to make a lists for this book. What scenes have to come next? What does each scene accomplish? I'm also going to go back and look at the last two scenes--they've been very hard to write and have gone painfully slow. It occurred to me that I may need to switch the pov. Sometimes a scene is fine, but it's just hard to write and goes slow for me, but often that's a signal to me that I'm not coming at it from the right point of view and that I need to be in the other character's head. Okay, so that's my plan and I'm sticking to it. Replies: 5 Comments on Tuesday, May 3rd, kim h said
on Tuesday, May 3rd, Jen said
Books and brownies--it's a win-win combination. on Wednesday, May 4th, kim h said
I hope you received my email and snail mail on Friday, May 6th, Ellen said
Let me guess - the 'Jennifer LaBrecque's Input' is the 'Big Blob of Chocolate Syrup'... But think about it. What is there, that a big blob of chocolate syrup won't improve?!?! on Friday, May 6th, Jen said
Mais, oui. The "blob of chocolate syrup" is, in fact, my touch of genius. And I bumped up the cocoa a bit...can one have to much chocolate in brownies? I think not. And you better drive fast to get brownies at this house. They don't last long... |
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Wow, I already feel a lot better. 
I will try those brownies. Thank you the book. I can't believe I won.
