The hardest part of bringing a book to life isn’t the editing. It’s the removing. It’s cutting the words you laboured over, the sentences you loved, the little turns of phrase you tucked away. It’s looking at your darlings, your clever lines, your beautiful moments, your 'surely this has to stay' sentences, and realizing that … Continue reading Killing my darlings one by one…
Tag: writer problems
Anyone else?
My brain will happily invent an entire fictional kingdom at 2am but will refuse to come up with the name of a perfectly normal character.
First draft edits…
Thought of the day…
Me, writing my characters into an impossibly complicated situation: oh, yeah... now THIS has drama... threat... intrigue... energy... the genius of it all!Me, realizing I'm the one who has to then get them out of said impossibly complicated situation: I am a Fool and a Jester
3am
Me, writing at 3am: This is probably my best work. When did I become this talented? Me, the next day: he roled he's eye
Lanne Garrett 