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The Transition between FINISHING & STARTING a Writing Project

When I finished WINDFALL I really looked forward to getting started on my next big project. What I wasn’t ready for was the difficulty in making the transition between one project and the next.

For several months I honed WINDFALL, reading it over and over, finding little mistakes like omitted periods, and misused commas, scenes out-of-order, pronoun confusion, etc.  After awhile I found myself longing for the high of creativity.

But, when WINDFALL was finished, I found myself stuck in a weird place. It is darn hard to be creative when your brain is looking for punctuation problems. I found I could not get past chapter one. I kept polishing and polishing and polishing… I had returned to the final editing steps of WINDFALL without realizing what I was doing.

One way I have dealt with this… When I finish my writing for the day, I make sure I stop in the middle of a scene. That way, when I return to the project, I’m more inclined to work with the creative side of my brain. It makes it easier to ignore the urge to rewrite.

Do you have any “tricks” that you use to get you past this difficult transition period?

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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