Plotting and progress
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
March 28th, 2007 at 6:17 am
Plotting gives me hives. Mainly because I’m going to need to start plotting my next demon book soon. Am scared!
March 28th, 2007 at 7:19 am
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!