Midsummer Madness II - Halfway there!
Posted on July 26, 2010
Filed Under Queries, Writing Process, novels, submissions |
I started the Midsummer Madness II Workshop at Liberty Hall on July 5th. Now it’s July 26th. Time flies. Especially with one of the participants where their novel takes place in another dimension where Mr. Time (a former working name) lives.
What have we gone through? We’ve worked on novel concepts with 20 paragraph summaries. We’ve been working on the setting, doing a bit of worldbuilding and are now beginning to integrate the two.
It’s amazing what you find out about your novel project when you proceed to piecemeal your way to some kind of an outline. The best part are the comments. Not only are the suggestions and criticisms worthwhile, but as you read them, your creativity gets going and you end up with more ideas than you thought possible. At least that’s how it works with me.
Halfway through means there are three more weeks to go. More setting work and more work with the secondary characters. We’ll also work on scene progression leading to an outline, if the participants choose to get that detailed.
We have had some folks drop out. The workshop can be a bit intense and if you don’t have the time, it can become a burden. Nevertheless, we press on!
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