20 Things I Know About My Writing
1) I can’t write romance without an external plot.
2) I come up with my heroes first 90% of the time.
3) I always have a new idea before I finish my WIP.
4) Criticism can kill my love for a story.
5) I only write well when I have a chunk of time. I can’t write well in 15 minutes.
6) I write best after 10 PM, when I’m on vacation.
7) I write best at the computer – which surprises me because I used to write everything longhand. I rarely use my Alphasmart, though I have lately to get through a tough scene. I still like cook pens and notebooks, though.
8) I don’t delete anything permanently. I have files of cut scenes for each of my books. Some of them are over 300 pages long.
9) I’m really particular about character names.
10) I can’t give up reading when I’m writing.
11) I used to write large casts, but now I can’t keep track of them now.
12) I’m a terrible housekeeper when I’m in a story…which is bad, since I’m either writing, stuck, or researching.
13) I have notebooks for each of my stories, with covers and everything, including my research.
14) I go to the library for research and sometimes have to get people to help me carry the books to my car!
15) I love writing new. I’m less enamored of revisions.
16) Endings give me fits. So do love scenes.
17) I have a charm bracelet for writing. I have charms for Surface, DLB, Hot Shot, Midnight Sun, Where There’s Smoke and two of my Golden Hearts.
18) I’ve targeted almost every line at HQ/Silhouette: Desire, Temptation, Super, SIM, Intrigue, Bombshell, HQN, American, Special Edition, and Mira.
19) I feel guilty when I’m not writing. ALL the time.
20) My grandmother was my biggest fan. I miss giving her a cleaned up copy of my latest book and hearing her tell me I was the next Nora Roberts.
Now you. Here or on your own blog.
I watched this yesterday for inspiration. He’s still very very inspirational.
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7 comments:
Great post, Mary, & definitely makes me think about my own writing. Hmmm, may have to make a list, too. :)
Gosh Mary, I could just copy your list--seriously that is me, except for the charm bracelet and now I'm even tempyted by that LOL. Shoot me now, stalker material!!
I'm just going to repeat your list too!! :) Especially these four!
3) I always have a new idea before I finish my WIP.
4) Criticism can kill my love for a story.
5) I only write well when I have a chunk of time. I can’t write well in 15 minutes.
6) I write best after 10 PM
Mary,
Thank you. I had no clue what to write about on my blog today. So I took your challenge and wrote about this!
I'm sorry about your grandma... that must be so hard, on so many levels.
Thanks, Marianne. My grandmother and I were sooo close. Sometimes I start to pick up the phone to tell her something, and she's been gone almost two years.
In number 7 you mention your AlphaSmart.
I don't know what I'd do without mine. Most of the major scenes in my novel are written first on my AlphaSmart. It's portability means that I can turn anywhere into my office. One of my favourite places to write is the beach... can't get much better than that for an office.
I think I just haven't given my Alphasmart a chance. But I don't like the keyboard - it's very sticky compared to my iMac keyboard. I really have to hit the keys. But it is nice to be mobile sometimes.
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