TECH: Geek Points? YES!
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writercisesOriginal Posting Nov. 14, 2014
Over on Facebook, Wen Spencer, a published author, is busily relaxing by writing a series of snippets from a possible book. The Black Wolves of Boston. These are rough draft, pantser-style, straight from the author's fingers, and will probably be revised heavily before turning into a book. But it is certainly fun to read along!
You can find the beginning of the tale over here
https://www.facebook.com/wen.spencer/posts/700537503370547
and more recent segments at https://www.facebook.com/wen.spencer/
Along the way, she is also posting various pieces about the writing process. One of those is over here
https://www.facebook.com/wen.spencer/posts/720404568050507
The part that really resonated for me was this one:
"Why? Because every story has geek points for a writer. WHY WE WRITE THIS STORY. Novels are long, horrible things to do even when you love the subject. The only way to get to an end is to remember, over and over again, your geek point. Decker and Joshua are my geek points. I WANT them together."
Hah! That's the thing. Geek points! What's the really important thing that I like about this story? What is going to make me come back to it, to keep going when it isn't working, what do I really enjoy about this story?
Add that to your list of preparation ideas! Sure, identify characters, problems, scenes, settings, all that stuff. But also identify the geek points -- what do I enjoy about this story?
And write!
Over on Facebook, Wen Spencer, a published author, is busily relaxing by writing a series of snippets from a possible book. The Black Wolves of Boston. These are rough draft, pantser-style, straight from the author's fingers, and will probably be revised heavily before turning into a book. But it is certainly fun to read along!
You can find the beginning of the tale over here
https://www.facebook.com/wen.spencer/posts/700537503370547
and more recent segments at https://www.facebook.com/wen.spencer/
Along the way, she is also posting various pieces about the writing process. One of those is over here
https://www.facebook.com/wen.spencer/posts/720404568050507
The part that really resonated for me was this one:
"Why? Because every story has geek points for a writer. WHY WE WRITE THIS STORY. Novels are long, horrible things to do even when you love the subject. The only way to get to an end is to remember, over and over again, your geek point. Decker and Joshua are my geek points. I WANT them together."
Hah! That's the thing. Geek points! What's the really important thing that I like about this story? What is going to make me come back to it, to keep going when it isn't working, what do I really enjoy about this story?
Add that to your list of preparation ideas! Sure, identify characters, problems, scenes, settings, all that stuff. But also identify the geek points -- what do I enjoy about this story?
And write!
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