The moment you've all been waiting for...
OK, so that was a bit dramatic. But I'm unveiling my good news now...I picked up 2 permanent classes at a yoga studio! Yay! The subbing has been going quite well (12 times in July), but it's nice to have a fixed gig and build a following. I'm very excited.
In other news, I showed D my novel. I was a little reluctant because the people in it, well, behave badly (hence the title), but he loved it. He thought the beginning was a little rocky and made some helpful suggestions which I have already implemented. Other than that, I could tell he really liked it because he just whipped right through it! He put it down after the first 28 pages or so, and then he picked it up and read right to the end (233 pages, approximately...it keeps changing as I edit it.)
So...yay!
In other news, I showed D my novel. I was a little reluctant because the people in it, well, behave badly (hence the title), but he loved it. He thought the beginning was a little rocky and made some helpful suggestions which I have already implemented. Other than that, I could tell he really liked it because he just whipped right through it! He put it down after the first 28 pages or so, and then he picked it up and read right to the end (233 pages, approximately...it keeps changing as I edit it.)
So...yay!
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I've started writing fiction again. And one of the "short stories" I'm working on may very well turn into a novel. I'm writing in a Jay McInerney-esque 2nd person, and so far that's working out well for me. But I'm still early in the process
I do have to ask, as one writer to another-- do you tend to write by hand first and then type it out later or do you start out on the computer? And if you start out on a computer, do you leave the spacing as single initially and change it to double later, or do you start out with double spacing?
Although, this was around the same time Bob Dole was running for President and constantly talking about himself in the third person. So I did, at times question the sanity of writing second person all of the time.
(while at work and already online - I'm not a stalker!) YAY! I am so excited about your class!
Also, congrats on the novel and good luck as you continue with your writing.
[doing the happy dance]
:)
By the way, I tried a class that weaves in some yoga on Saturday. It was awesome and I'm definitely going back for more. What hard work, though. I am sore in some strange places!
And I'm so excited about your novel. I can't wait until it is published so I can buy it. Maybe if I'm lucky, the author will sign it?? :-)
Ashley - Well, I came across this interview with Anne Tyler that really helped me. She is probably my favorite writer. Anyway, she said, "If I waited until I was inspired, I would never write." That was really freeing because I thought - wow, Anne doesn't always feel totally up to the task either. So I would basically just force myself to do it. Also, having a plot outline - even really loose - helps enormously. I tend to write fast and revise later, so I looked on it more in terms of pages then time. Sometimes I would skip days, but most days I would try to write 1-3 pages.
--Lobo
I can't decide which one is more awesome.
Hurray Bearette!
Congrats!
Wish I was in NY to be able to go to your class!
good luck on your book. i am in the midst of finishing up yet another revision for a book proposal that will be shopped to a publisher and hopefully hopefully picked up.
it's good to connect with other writers. please feel free to visit my blog if you have time.
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