Karina Bliss's Blog - Posts Tagged "plot-moppets"
I'm working on line edits for Bring Him Home, my June 2012 release and trying to work out what the American term is for diesel.
I'm pretty sure it's not gasoline which I'm guessing refers to petroleum. Maybe I'll simply replace with 'fuel.'
Line edits are the nit-picking stage of the manuscript. I've written it, done revisions and this is a line by line edit to pick up work overuse, time line inconsistencies, and sometimes even plot holes.
My heroine's son, despite work, remains something of a plot moppet (a wonderful term I first saw used on www.dearauthor.com or smartbitchestrashybooks.com). A child there to do a plot job rather than be a real person. Normally I have no problem writing kids, but because my heroine/hero had BIG stuff to deal with I didn't want to make her son too troubled. (He was, but he's coming out of it through the story). I went too far the other way obviously and need to get the balance right.
I'm also working on the first three chapters and synopsis of a new book, tentatively titled HIS GOODBYE GIRL, a back from the dead story, which should be a fun end to the series.
More on that one later.
I'm conscious that very few are reading this blog...hopefully numbers will grow, but for the time being it's very freeing, writing stream of consciousness 'dear writing diary' stuff.
To the handful reading this...hey, how are you? Merry Xmas!
I'm pretty sure it's not gasoline which I'm guessing refers to petroleum. Maybe I'll simply replace with 'fuel.'
Line edits are the nit-picking stage of the manuscript. I've written it, done revisions and this is a line by line edit to pick up work overuse, time line inconsistencies, and sometimes even plot holes.
My heroine's son, despite work, remains something of a plot moppet (a wonderful term I first saw used on www.dearauthor.com or smartbitchestrashybooks.com). A child there to do a plot job rather than be a real person. Normally I have no problem writing kids, but because my heroine/hero had BIG stuff to deal with I didn't want to make her son too troubled. (He was, but he's coming out of it through the story). I went too far the other way obviously and need to get the balance right.
I'm also working on the first three chapters and synopsis of a new book, tentatively titled HIS GOODBYE GIRL, a back from the dead story, which should be a fun end to the series.
More on that one later.
I'm conscious that very few are reading this blog...hopefully numbers will grow, but for the time being it's very freeing, writing stream of consciousness 'dear writing diary' stuff.
To the handful reading this...hey, how are you? Merry Xmas!
