Showing posts with label writing class. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing class. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
A Time for Learning, Part II...
A few posts ago, I mentioned the writing-related books I already had in my ownership. While I haven't giving up reading for pleasure completely, because NO WAY JOSE!, I have stuck with reading for pleasure just before bed as a way to relax and settle down.
I hadn't planned on making this topic a two-parter, but here we are. :0)
So...I re-opened the Save the Cat book and started reading from the beginning. It's been quite helpful and I'm just about done with it. In the meantime, an online friend of mine who offers online writing courses and edits and writes blogs about writing shared with me a recording of one of her classes that covered the same basic concepts as the Save the Cat book. (It was as a thank you for keeping time so often during our daily sprints in the chat room.)
I watched the video and she did indeed parallel a lot of points Blake Snyder made in the Cat Book. The gal in the video fleshed things out a bit more than the text of the book, so that was helpful.
In two days, I start an online class that I know is also going to complement and overlap what I've learned so far. I'm hoping repetition is the key to my success. The class is going to require me to plot a new book from an idea (which I have) rather than work on something in progress. But that could be useful too--starting the process from scratch and building from the ground up.
One of my goals for the year is two publish at least two new books. That means I really have to up my game in certain areas of my writing. Plotting is one of those areas.
Fingers crossed!!
Hope you're having a great week.
See you Friday.
Friday, February 10, 2012
TGIF
Yes! It's Friday. I've been looking forward to today since about Tuesday. I'm normally not that bad about it, but it's been a hectic week and I'm glad to it over. One last event tonight--Band Night at Cici's Pizza for Sonshine--and then the weekend is mine.
I printed out my WIP yesterday afternoon and started reading it last night. Made a few notes on things to change. Mostly wording. I read through my judge comments too, trying to absorb and consider how to address the main issue two of three judges raised. I think, after I figure it out and implement the changes, I'd like to enter another contest. Get some more feedback.
In ten days, I'll be starting an online class. I have characters and some basic background information on them to go into the class with. I'm looking forward to it.
On a side note, I wanted something sweet last night. We stopped at the store on the way home from the band booster meeting to get Sonshine some oyster crackers. But I was good and picked out a banana and some craisins!
Time to get this day started--the sooner I start, the sooner I can go home!
Have a good weekend, y'all.
I printed out my WIP yesterday afternoon and started reading it last night. Made a few notes on things to change. Mostly wording. I read through my judge comments too, trying to absorb and consider how to address the main issue two of three judges raised. I think, after I figure it out and implement the changes, I'd like to enter another contest. Get some more feedback.
In ten days, I'll be starting an online class. I have characters and some basic background information on them to go into the class with. I'm looking forward to it.
On a side note, I wanted something sweet last night. We stopped at the store on the way home from the band booster meeting to get Sonshine some oyster crackers. But I was good and picked out a banana and some craisins!
Time to get this day started--the sooner I start, the sooner I can go home!
Have a good weekend, y'all.
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