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Two Novels at One Time… An Interesting Challenge!

One of my New Year’s Resolutions was to write two novels in 2012. I could not decide which to write first so I’ve decided to write them both, more or less, at the same time.

What I’m doing is this…

One day I work on one novel and the next day I work on the other. It seems to be working so far.

But it is an interesting challenge. One of the novels is written in third person narrative. The other is written in first person. One novel is a paranormal romance and the other is a bit of a social commentary. One of the novels is titled FINDING VERITY. The other I’m referring to as CURRENT NOVEL because I haven’t come up with a title yet. Unless something happens to change my mind I plan on self-publishing both, just like I self-published WINDFALL.

I’m up to the challenge and consider it to be a kind of experiment. I’m wondering if I’ll be able to keep the two stories straight or if this will end up being too confusing.

I’d love to hear from other writers who have written two novels at the same time.

I’ll take all the helpful suggestions you can throw my way!

The Future of the WINDFALL Screenplay

The novel, WINDFALL, was based on a screenplay I’d already written with the same title.

Now that the novel is published on Amazon, I’ve decided to “tweak” the screenplay and submit it to AMAZON STUDIOS. Who knows, maybe some day the story will be made into a feature, too.

Why am I tweaking the script? Well, when I wrote the novel, the story changed and some of those changes are definite improvements to the original story. So, I’m returning to the screenplay to incorporate those changes.

Follow the progress on this blog, my “writing journey”!

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Another Way to Tweak Your Creativity…

I have about 26,000 words of FINDING VERITY written but I’m not happy with its “voice” or “point of view.” This nagging feeling caused me to take a breather from writing and get back to the basics. One of the things I decided to do is reread an Elements of Fiction Writing  book titled CHARACTERS & VIEWPOINT by Orson Scott Card.

I discovered that while rereading this book, I’ve been bombarded with FINDING VERITY plot ideas and character clarification. What a pleasant surprise.

My suggestion… if something doesn’t “feel write” about your writing, start to read some books about writing. That simple act will help you tweak your creativity!

Do you have any little “tricks” that help you get your writing back on track?

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