tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811549697056618895.post1074565547500735679..comments2023-03-17T06:23:26.777-05:00Comments on Flame Writer: Finishing A BookKendra503http://www.blogger.com/profile/17126561543158857748noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811549697056618895.post-65833667583893410942011-04-23T12:14:20.103-05:002011-04-23T12:14:20.103-05:00Looking at your posts on That Boy in the Shed; the...Looking at your posts on That Boy in the Shed; they weren't bad at all! Shush up you. X3 <br /><br />Something that I've done for the past few years that's an ENORMOUS help to me is write an outline of the book before I write it. An extremely detailed one. Putting everything that happens in the chapter, little quotes I'd like t throw in, the characters I want to be there, the importance of it for later events, etc. I even put down the music I want to listen to while I write it. I put enough detail into it that it's like the first draft, really. I've found that I've gotten so used to it writing without an outline makes my writing terribly choppy, so maybe it's not the BEST thing. (: Whatever ending you come up with is going to be awesome, I'm sure.Kendra503https://www.blogger.com/profile/17126561543158857748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811549697056618895.post-16492666452813587152011-04-23T01:30:52.937-05:002011-04-23T01:30:52.937-05:00I'm impressed! I am having so much trouble get...I'm impressed! I am having so much trouble getting through the second draft of LEMONS. I could swear there are only 12 hours in a day. It's ridiculous. I'm hoping that I'll be able to power through two chapters tomorrow (which is about as likely as my learning how to dance without tripping over my own feet - as in, hardly likely at all). <br /><br />I remember finishing THAT BOY IN THE SHED (my first book. It's horrid). I think I was surprised I had written it. Shocked.<br /><br />My experience finishing the first draft of LEMONS was different. I had *no* idea how it was going to end, and then, suddenly, I was there. Staring the daunting last 25 pages in the face. I called my cousin and talked *at* her for thirty minutes, sifting through my thoughts, and finally came up with a suitable conclusion to the book. Unfortunately, I'm currently debating whether or not to change the end. We'll see. I'm such a scatterbrained and distracted person that getting anything done on LEMONS is a miracle!Madeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07945194790697006549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-811549697056618895.post-79993427727715142242011-04-08T01:28:19.649-05:002011-04-08T01:28:19.649-05:00Hey Kendra, stopping by via Madeleine =) Oooh a wr...Hey Kendra, stopping by via Madeleine =) Oooh a writer! Too cool. I interviewed Gayle Forman and she said she went through 25 drafts of Where She Went, so I think you're on the right track, hehe, anyways, good luck with your project! I'll be sticking around :)Audrey (holes In My brain)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02092399404120477032noreply@blogger.com