Premeditating Writer

I am not a published writer yet. But I know I will be sooner or later. Meanwhile, I continue to write becuase this is what I like to do.


I just read Maryann Yin's blog, titled "Authors Unite in Marketing." What a clever idea!!! Too often, I hear about writerly jealousy. Yes, you heard me. I come across writers (friends or not) who envy other writers for either writing better, having a book or two published, or anything else that comes to mind. So reading Yin's blog was very refreshing. In it, she talks about reaching out and offer what she knows about "promoting a book", making contacts. In return, other would do it to you. Why not? Why not help???


I would love to hear your thoughts about it.

I just finished reading Joanna Paterson's blog, "Can Writing Keep Us Well?" http://confidentwriting.com/2010/06/can-writing-keep-us-well-group-writing-project/



The title itself is enough to trigger contemplation. My husband often tells me that my rapt concentration when I write is intense. I write often. I write daily. I know why I write, because if I stop writing the dark imps that had plagued me most of my life will take a hold of me - once again. The demons being:

• Self doubt

• Constant criticism

• Measuring myself against others

• Jealousy

Not pretty. Is it? But writing empowers and silences the interior chatter and helps elevate my self-worth.

Confusing, to say the least, this Prologue thing.


Some say that prologue is completely unnecessary, that the story should begin somewhere in the middle. You could say that there is a place within the story itself that you could position the same information to allow for a slower progression of facts. Some even say that a prologue serves more like an information dump.

What do you think?

Should the narrative not be front-loaded, for running the danger of giving away too much?

Talk about feeling cheated. I don’t have the answers for these questions. But what I do know is that you don’t want your prologue to be too obvious.

You want to leave some room for guessing!

What do you think?

It is Chapter 22, 250 pages into the book, and I am stuck. Stuck, as in...how am I going to orchestrate a good fight and kill someone I happened to like? So, I brought in a another character who is just as likable. But I will not have a hard time killing.



It's really the timing. Do I have the bad guys talk to Lizzie first, who is locked in her own truck, before her rescuer tries to save her?


I don't even have all the right questions at this point. I'll leave it at that and go back to my story.



Wish me luck.