I would be a very rich woman if I got a dollar for every sentence I have edited recently, although it would appear I am now out of the rut! I am past Chapter 4 (actually I am up to Chapter 7 in the editing stakes) and feeling much happier, as the first few chapters are vital for hooking the reader and reeling them in. I didn’t think I had it, but with some refining and finetuning, I think I have it sorted now, and I just have to maintain the momentum for the rest of the first story and I will manage to actually achieve something. Wow, what an accomplishment.
I have been thinking about my other stories, particular the one for SoCNoC (Southern Cross Novel Competition) in June. I have the plot and characters sorted, but I am going to do a character Meet and Greet – basically a list of questions to find out the characteristics of my main characters, to find out what makes them tick, their motivation, likes and dislikes, dreams, ambitions and goals and the like. I am looking forward to this, I should have done it a long time ago, but then I have only recently decided to make this a mission for SoCNoC. There is also another challenge for writing a letter from your main character explaining why he did what he did. I have signed up for this also, because I think this would be an interesting point of view.
I have signed up as a staff member at KiwiWriter, mainly because I love the site and don’t want to lose it. It seems to have lost motivation lately, and I want to encourage writers to come back and visit it, renew themselves with what it has to offer and get some workshops going, or something of the like. Because of my isolation, I don’t want to lose such a valuable resource because people are retiring or moving on and not being replaced. This would be totally wrong. Long Live KiwiWriter!