Reggi Broach's Blog, page 3
June 11, 2015
update and resolving technical difficulties
Hello friends,
I had a friend try to leave me a comment on my blog but it wouldn't let him. Apparently I had some restrictions on the settings that I didn't realize. I just made some adjustments so maybe that will fix it. I'm sorry if anyone else wanted to leave a comment and couldn't. I did set it up so that I could moderate comments but it's just because of those few people who like to be rude and hateful. Needless to say, comments won't show up immediately but feel free to leave them anyway.
I know it's been a few weeks since I posted last. I was having trouble staying focused the last time that I posted but that's why I haven't posted recently. I'm focused again and having trouble doing anything but writing. It's one extreme or the other I guess. Sometimes I get such an adrenalin rush when I write. I hope you as readers will get the same rush when you read it. If it helps, I can reread portions and get a new adrenalin rush. The irony is, I already know what's going to happen and still get excited.
The update is this. We are reaching the climax of the plot. Sometimes I think it will be done by July and sometimes I think it won't. Now don't misunderstand, even after it's done, I will still have proofing and refinements to deal with. I've already been making a list of stuff I want to adjust, enhance etc. I'm not going to do a lot of those changes right now because I need to focus on the climax first then make sure the motivation is adequate to reach this point. I always hate it when I am watching something on television and find myself wondering why the hero didn't just do "X" instead of "Y." Needless to say after I am done I have to go back and try to find flaws in my own story.
I am currently in chapter 15 and on page 352.
Great talking to you again.
Reggi
I had a friend try to leave me a comment on my blog but it wouldn't let him. Apparently I had some restrictions on the settings that I didn't realize. I just made some adjustments so maybe that will fix it. I'm sorry if anyone else wanted to leave a comment and couldn't. I did set it up so that I could moderate comments but it's just because of those few people who like to be rude and hateful. Needless to say, comments won't show up immediately but feel free to leave them anyway.
I know it's been a few weeks since I posted last. I was having trouble staying focused the last time that I posted but that's why I haven't posted recently. I'm focused again and having trouble doing anything but writing. It's one extreme or the other I guess. Sometimes I get such an adrenalin rush when I write. I hope you as readers will get the same rush when you read it. If it helps, I can reread portions and get a new adrenalin rush. The irony is, I already know what's going to happen and still get excited.
The update is this. We are reaching the climax of the plot. Sometimes I think it will be done by July and sometimes I think it won't. Now don't misunderstand, even after it's done, I will still have proofing and refinements to deal with. I've already been making a list of stuff I want to adjust, enhance etc. I'm not going to do a lot of those changes right now because I need to focus on the climax first then make sure the motivation is adequate to reach this point. I always hate it when I am watching something on television and find myself wondering why the hero didn't just do "X" instead of "Y." Needless to say after I am done I have to go back and try to find flaws in my own story.
I am currently in chapter 15 and on page 352.
Great talking to you again.
Reggi
May 16, 2015
Focus
Hello my friends,
After writing the epilogue for my book, I discovered a small problem. I was so focused on the end that I had a little difficulty building the structure to reach that point. It's like I was looking at what was out there in the distance and could not bring my attention back to the here and now. I had scheduled a week off from work to get some stuff done around the house which included some time to write. This was a big help. I've gotten almost everything done and have been able to focus on the correct point in time in my writing. I knew it would just take a little bit of dedicated time to get my focus on the here and now and not the ending.
I watched a movie this week that talked about fear being about what "might" happen. Being afraid or not being afraid doesn't alter the danger just your reaction to your circumstances. The movie pulled the hero's focus from the future "might be" and refocused it on the "what is right now." I'm not saying that I was afraid, although the analogy works, but I was focused in the wrong spot. Actually in retrospect, there is a small fear trying to get a foot hold. As soon as I am done with this book, I have to face the task of getting a publisher to publish it. I know God is using this book to answer many prayers of mine even before it has been published. I still want to be a successful author. I know I can also self-publish but that takes more serious money up front. I know God knows my needs and he knows the future. He's already prepared for me but . . . . I know forget the "but."
Jeremiah 29:11
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
There's no "but" in that scripture. So I guess I need not "fear" the end of my book. After all, my fans are waiting!
Thanks to all my fans, friends, relatives, casual acquaintances and total strangers.
Page count: 320 and counting
Reggi
May 3, 2015
He knows my name.
Good Afternoon,
It has been an AWESOME day already. I started this book as a way of spreading the gospel in a unique way and as I said before, it's already doing that. God has so many ways of working that I can't even begin to understand.
I got up this morning and as I was getting ready for church, God gave me the "epilogue" for Book I. I typically have a little down time before church starts so I sat down and wrote it out. It is, in my opinion, an awesome ending for the first book. No, I am not done with the book I just skipped to the end and am going back to fill in the gaps. I still have the climax of the plot to write which is going to give me plenty to do and an exciting rush of adrenalin.
My point is, I started with an epiphany and then church started. It went uphill from there. There's a song that says, "I don't need my name in lights. I famous in my Father's eyes. He knows my name." God has been trying to get through to me that 1) I am created just the way He wanted, 2) I am His child and I am important to Him, 3)He cares about my needs and wants. God answered prayers that I have been praying for weeks and I viewed it as a miracle. I had even been praying for a miracle and He said "Here you go." He knows when I need a boost in energy to write and He knows when I need to be told "yes" and He knows when I need to be told "no." He gives me what I need when I need it.
He knows my name.
Hope you have a blessed day as well.
Reggie
It has been an AWESOME day already. I started this book as a way of spreading the gospel in a unique way and as I said before, it's already doing that. God has so many ways of working that I can't even begin to understand.
I got up this morning and as I was getting ready for church, God gave me the "epilogue" for Book I. I typically have a little down time before church starts so I sat down and wrote it out. It is, in my opinion, an awesome ending for the first book. No, I am not done with the book I just skipped to the end and am going back to fill in the gaps. I still have the climax of the plot to write which is going to give me plenty to do and an exciting rush of adrenalin.
My point is, I started with an epiphany and then church started. It went uphill from there. There's a song that says, "I don't need my name in lights. I famous in my Father's eyes. He knows my name." God has been trying to get through to me that 1) I am created just the way He wanted, 2) I am His child and I am important to Him, 3)He cares about my needs and wants. God answered prayers that I have been praying for weeks and I viewed it as a miracle. I had even been praying for a miracle and He said "Here you go." He knows when I need a boost in energy to write and He knows when I need to be told "yes" and He knows when I need to be told "no." He gives me what I need when I need it.
He knows my name.
Hope you have a blessed day as well.
Reggie
