July 26, 2006
Nobody Likes Me.
More precisely, they don't like my introductory chapter. Too chatty. Doesn't lead us into the story soon enough. Too clever. Blah blah blah. I'll keep going. Meanwhile, I'll start investigating when the bodies show up in various murder mysteries whose authors I respect.
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The challenge is to keep writing the missing middle chapters, even as I focus on the beginning chapters and the last ones when I read aloud in my high-intensity workshop.
And to be prepared to encounter the occasional Philistine who just doesn't see my brilliance.
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If you couldn't write I wouldn't hit this blog every time I make the rounds. Try not to overestimate your workshop group. I'm on Ch. 10 of 26 in my first novel and I've learned it's not a sprint, it's a marathon. And I'm a sprinter. Stay with it, I'll buy it, and if it's better than mine I'll hit your tip jar hard enough for you to take Atilla the Hub out for dinner. A bet I expect to lose. Best wishes.
Posted by: Colin MacDougall at July 28, 2006 04:22 PM (4ElTQ)
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Thanks, Colin. Having two criticism groups helps enormously: the things that strike one set of commenters as important don't necessarily come up in the other group. So this is a fertile time for me. Just a few more fresh chapters to go, along with a bit of re-writing of existing ones.
It's a crime book, so it has to start strong and end strong. I thought a mystery would be easier to write than a conventional novel. Wrong, of course.
Posted by: Attila Girl at July 28, 2006 06:51 PM (4IuF2)
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