Here we are at week four. I've written some, but not as much as I wanted to! Also need to get to editing 20 pages to send on a head to the Writer's Conference. I need to finish that this week.
This week Maeve speaks to us about writing short stories. In this chapter she goes through her thought process when she writes a short story. While informative, the "8 Steps to a Short Story" by Ivy Bannister gave some great advice for any kind of story. Here are three quotes that struck me...
"Finally, enjoy! If you don't, your reader won't."
"Dump everything you have to tell onto the page as fast as you can, not bothering at this stage with polished sentences or choosing exactly the right word. Aim for you goal."
"Producing a Polished Draft This is the bit that separates the writers from the scribblers, and it takes a long time...Good stories are not written: they are rewritten."
Goals this week: edit the first 20 pages to send off to the Writer's Conference, write 5 hours, and do so before Thursday of next week!
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What writer's conference do you attend?
Kristina - I go down to the Montrose Christian Writer's Conference. My Grandmother's gone for over 15 years. It's a great place to meet other writer's, learn lots, and have a renewing week! Here's their website. You can go for a day, half a week, the full week, or almost anything else in between.
http://www.montrosebible.org/writers.htm
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