I can't believe
It's almost November!
Last night while winding down, I was able to catch most of an interview with Jodi Picoult on New Hampshire Outlook. She is so amazing. It seems like every time I hear her talk, she gives me some tidbit that makes me believe I can do this. She pulls no punches and doesn't make it out like anyone can do this, but there is something about her style of creating things that is very much like mine. Last night her comment that really stuck with me was something like, I knew I was a writer long before anyone else was convinced of that. Another point she made was that after all the research and the characters have formed themselves in her head, she waits until she has that great introduction sentence. Something that will really grab a reader. Then she knows she can start writing the book.
Last time she spoke at our library, she said she doesn't always know where the plot of her book is going. She just has an idea and the information to write it and maybe some strong characters and she begins writing. In one book she said she was surprised when a character ended up pregnant. I can't remember which book it was in, but the point was that she doesn't always carefully craft the plotline and then fit into that line. That really helped me because sometimes I find the idea of writing an entire book to be daunting. It is part of my personality to change things as I am creating and I need the freedom of my characters sometimes leading me around instead of me trying to control them rigidly.
However, for this book, much of it is very crafted. There is a place I want to end up and in order to get there, I needed to weave and bend things very carefully. There is a message here and it may be lost if certain aspects of it's consideration are lost. So we will see how well I can control the plot and characters for this month.
I'm not sure if I have what it takes to sell my work or even if I believe in my end product, but I do know I can perform the exercise of writing. We will see how I feel about the end product after I complete it.
At the same time, Paperback Writer has entered a great post on writing the scene with links to notes on scene writing by other authors. Very timely.
Last night while winding down, I was able to catch most of an interview with Jodi Picoult on New Hampshire Outlook. She is so amazing. It seems like every time I hear her talk, she gives me some tidbit that makes me believe I can do this. She pulls no punches and doesn't make it out like anyone can do this, but there is something about her style of creating things that is very much like mine. Last night her comment that really stuck with me was something like, I knew I was a writer long before anyone else was convinced of that. Another point she made was that after all the research and the characters have formed themselves in her head, she waits until she has that great introduction sentence. Something that will really grab a reader. Then she knows she can start writing the book.
Last time she spoke at our library, she said she doesn't always know where the plot of her book is going. She just has an idea and the information to write it and maybe some strong characters and she begins writing. In one book she said she was surprised when a character ended up pregnant. I can't remember which book it was in, but the point was that she doesn't always carefully craft the plotline and then fit into that line. That really helped me because sometimes I find the idea of writing an entire book to be daunting. It is part of my personality to change things as I am creating and I need the freedom of my characters sometimes leading me around instead of me trying to control them rigidly.
However, for this book, much of it is very crafted. There is a place I want to end up and in order to get there, I needed to weave and bend things very carefully. There is a message here and it may be lost if certain aspects of it's consideration are lost. So we will see how well I can control the plot and characters for this month.
I'm not sure if I have what it takes to sell my work or even if I believe in my end product, but I do know I can perform the exercise of writing. We will see how I feel about the end product after I complete it.
At the same time, Paperback Writer has entered a great post on writing the scene with links to notes on scene writing by other authors. Very timely.
posted by dsimom @ 6:15 AM
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