Spent yesterday plotting. Plot, plot, plot. I got one, or at least an overview, a spine. Rewrote my synopsis so now it’s bigger and stronger. More specific. Getting a story to this stage terrific progress, where it’s developed and thought out and ready to roll. Also picked a new title, which I like and think works.
Over at I Heart Presents, Jane Porter talks about the power of romance and passion. Great stuff.
And because I borrowed from them shamelessly while rewriting my synopsis, here are two terrific online resources:
Vivian Beck’s 5 Steps to Writing a Synopsis
Lisa Gardner’s Conquering the Dreaded Synopsis
Plotting gives me hives. Mainly because I’m going to need to start plotting my next demon book soon. Am scared!
Plotting is not my favorite thing, Larissa. I like to borrow from classics if I can. (Romeo and Juliet, Beauty and the Beast, etc.) Morgan Hawke has a lot of erotica plotlines/classic plots in the articles on her site. And there’s also a handy resource called 20 Master Plots and How to Build Them. But in this case, none of the classic plots I looked at fit. Eeek. I still was able to come up with a logical spine to follow, though. If I can do it, you can do it!