Oct 23rd
Today, dear reader(s), is National Mole Day. Yep, you heard me right. A person was named as the Mole of the Year. They have t-shirts and a theme song - yes, a theme song. But it's not at all what you think. It is not a day to celebrate those little rodents who tunnel through farmers fields and worse yet, your own lovely lawn. Nope. There may be a day to extol some virtue that escapes me for the beady eyed mammals but it's not today. Today, it's all about science. As in molecule. Get it? It's celebrated from 6:02 AM until 6:02 PM and commemorates something called Avogadro's Number, which is apparently a basic measuring unit in chemistry.
Whatever.
I worked last night on my synopsis for my current WIP (work in progress). Writers typically hate writing synopsis. The reason is that we spend hours, days, weeks, months and sometimes even years writing thousands of words to tell a story. And some bozo decided once upon a time we have to then condense the characters journey, their growth, the main plot, the subplots, the scenery, secondary characters, and the highs and lows of the whole bloody thing down to a couple pages. Are you kidding me?!?!? Argh!!!
Yes, it's true. We must do this and do it incredibly well if we have any hope of gaining an editor or agents interest to see the actual manuscript. It may not be fair and it's certainly not fun, but it is a necessary evil. Really, it's a sales tool. I used to struggle with it a lot more than I do now. I used to try to write the thing when the whole ms was completed. I now find it much easier to write it earlier and most often have it pretty much done by the time I'm half way through the story. It helps to keep me grounded and on track (I'm primarily a pantser - someone who "writes by the seat of her pants", not taking time to make detailed plots). For me, when the plot is still a vague outline, it's much easier to note the main points and not try to tell the reader each and every highlight of the story.
Today I printed it out and have edited the crap out of it already. Funny, it seemed so brilliant last night at 2:00 AM.
What I really want to know is - what the heck is the mole-dude holding in his creepy little paw?
Posted by LoriLyn at 10/23/2009 1:37 PM 
Categories: Life In General,Writing
Tags: romance writing miscellaneous
Categories: Life In General,Writing
Tags: romance writing miscellaneous
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