Comments on: in flux

By: cynthia

cynthia — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:17:21 +0000

In reply to survivorscribe. Cristina! Great to hear from you. You know, if a character has got to go, a character has got to go. Three weeks until my last packet. Woohoo!!!

By: survivorscribe

survivorscribe — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:22:31 +0000

It’s funny that you write this. I remember working on my final packets the last year of my MFA. I freaked my mentor out because I decided to write a character completely out of my novel not long before the entire thing was due. She brought that whole scenario up at my graduate reading. Ugh. Novels.

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:43:08 +0000

In reply to Richard Gilbert. Ah, Goethe...Just saying those words to myself seems to slow me down. Nice reminder, Richard.

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:37:36 +0000

In reply to dailyfieldnotes. thank you thank you thank you!

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:37:14 +0000

In reply to Darrelyn Saloom. A lovely ritual!

By: cynthia

cynthia — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:29:03 +0000

In reply to Sophfronia Scott (@Sophfronia). Sophfronia, nice to see you here and thanks for your comment. I'm loving every minute of writing this novel and all the surprises along the way. Sorry to be so long in responding. Was working on packet #3 until Friday evening and then took a break from my computer yesterday.

By: Richard Gilbert

Richard Gilbert — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:50:20 +0000

You’re in the zone, obviously. Do not hurry; do not rest . . .

By: dailyfieldnotes

dailyfieldnotes — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:31:05 +0000

Just have to say good luck good luck good luck!

By: Darrelyn Saloom

Darrelyn Saloom — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:14:44 +0000

So true, Sophfronia. When I send anything to my beloved first reader, I roll up my sleeves and brew a pot of tea before I even open his e-mail.

By: Sophfronia Scott (@Sophfronia)

Sophfronia Scott (@Sophfronia) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:42:29 +0000

Good for you! More than once I’ve gone through client’s manuscripts and said “There’s an opportunity here. This could take your story to a whole new level.” I expect to hear “No, I don’t like that idea” or “No, I don’t think that will work”. But what I usually hear is something like, “Wow, yeah, but that would take so much work!” And they don’t want to do it. That’s when I have to throw up my hands and step back. Can’t do anything about it if they don’t want to do the work to make the manuscript better.