What I've been up to

[feuervogel]

I'm in the process of writing scene by scene synopses of the current novel, as well as saying what purpose it serves (characterization, tension, worldbuilding, etc) and where it fits in the 5-act structure. It's slow going, because I can only focus on it for about an hour or so at a time.

After I finish that, I'm going to have to figure out how it ends. I had a couple ideas when I started, a kind of forked path, and I really need to decide which branch it takes. It may even be one I hadn't thought of when I started, but I doubt that.

Have three pieces out on submission still. One of them I might hear back about while I'm in Germany, which will be interesting if they accept it and want revisions. "Yeah, I'm currently in Germany doing a teaching internship, uh, can you wait another couple weeks on that?" Because I don't know how much time I'll have outside the teaching part, and I know I won't be much able to refocus into making good English words after having spent all day thinking in German.

But that assumes they accept the piece at all, so.

Comments

[groovesinorbit]

I should probably do more of that with my novel. I have scene synopses, thanks to Scrivener, but really thought in depth about purpose and structure. I just want to be done with the damned thing.

[feuervogel]

I've been sort of flailing around at the ending for a while, and I thought this would help me figure it out. We'll see. Also, one of my goals is to be a more deliberate writer, rather than just intuitively making things up, and this is a definite help on that.

[groovesinorbit]

You and me both, with the flailing. I think I have an ending now, though. We'll see what Alpha Reader thinks once he's read the latest batch of scenes.

How'd your German Xmas story go over, by the way?

[feuervogel]

The one with the spies and the Christmas party? Don't know yet. Hopefully soon, though IDK if Crossed Genres is sending acceptances, since they still need a lot of subscriptions to publish next year :S

[groovesinorbit]

That's the one. I hope they make their subscription goal, but it's not looking good right now.