Now, on the writer-ly notes of the day:
I've been doing a lot of hemming and hawing about how to get where I want to go with Heritage. As I stated previously in deciding to switch focus characters it meant a majority (if not all) of the plot would change. Motivations would change. Outcomes & events of import would have to change...I would have to dump favorite scenes in the trash... (this is the part I am having the hardest time with--I'm so attached to some of those!)
But what I kept asking myself, as I sat at work (mindlessly processing quote forms, sales proposals & making hotel bookings etc.) was:
WHERE do I start now? How do I start when I feel like everything I know is at loose ends?
I know. ..
When in doubt....... Brainstorm. Chart. Scribble. draw goofy diagrams.
Anything to make some of the ideas fall into place.
The problem I have is starting... Beginnings have never been my strong point. And the fact that so many manuscripts/novels are judged on the first couple lines (or if you're lucky, pages) it puts a tremendous amount of pressure to get it right.
Do you start with something dramatic--hoping to suck the reader in? Do i start with a small amount of exposition...not an info-dump...but something to give some flavor before introducing the characters?
I can't seem to decide.
I think I am going to have to spend time this weekend with some note-cards and try placing the major points in some sequence that i find interesting. I'm supposing if i don't find them interesting no one else will...
Non-Writing related Notes:
Took today off as a personal holiday, and got in touch with the recruitment agency. They like my CV a good deal and were fairly positive about finding me something soon. It'll be a good change for me I think.
Seriously, if there's one thing I will miss (in the future) about leaving England it will be cream tea! (I know clotted cream sounds gross, but believe me--put some on a nice fresh scone, some small strawberries and a nice hot cup of tea! Yummm!)
final note:
Although I have been starting to feel like I'm getting back in control of my health....Mark has given me a dose of his Man-Flu...
I've now got a very scratchy sore throat [and once more I have proven to my other half that I CAN sleep and suck on a cough drop/ sucret/strepsil at the same time and not choke to death! Hah! mark one down for me on the evolutionary scale of strangeness (along with that extra tooth on the rear molar that all the W people seem to have!)]
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