Angela Verdenius's Blog - Posts Tagged "new-characters"
Finally!!! It's working!!!!
Okay, so I tried a different genre. I TRIED! I tried so hard I almost sweated blood. I had the characters worked out, a rough plan, but mates, nothing gelled. They were stilted, I kept coming up blank, the story seemed forced… So after two days of battling it, I shelved it for another time.
So I thought I'd start a BBW romance with a plot I'd been thinking about. It went okay for about 9 pages, then I deleted six of those pages and tried again…and again…and a-freakin'-gain! Look, it was also a no-go. The characters ran out of steam at page 3 every time. So another two days fighting these characters and I realised that this was not working. So shelved THAT story as well for another time!
Then the panic set in. OMG! What am I going to do? I've run out of ideas! My writing mojo is gone! I have NOTHING LEFT TO WRITE!
I stared at the vacant page on the computer and I was starting to freak out. So then I did what I always do and started playing Mahjong with music on, and this lovely tune came on and an idea started forming, then another, and more, and presto! I HAD IT!
So now I'm on Chapter 3 and it's doing well. Still a BBW romance, a new series with new characters & a new town, and a little difference that I hope people will like and accept. I'm giving it a go, so we'll see!!!
So I thought I'd start a BBW romance with a plot I'd been thinking about. It went okay for about 9 pages, then I deleted six of those pages and tried again…and again…and a-freakin'-gain! Look, it was also a no-go. The characters ran out of steam at page 3 every time. So another two days fighting these characters and I realised that this was not working. So shelved THAT story as well for another time!
Then the panic set in. OMG! What am I going to do? I've run out of ideas! My writing mojo is gone! I have NOTHING LEFT TO WRITE!
I stared at the vacant page on the computer and I was starting to freak out. So then I did what I always do and started playing Mahjong with music on, and this lovely tune came on and an idea started forming, then another, and more, and presto! I HAD IT!
So now I'm on Chapter 3 and it's doing well. Still a BBW romance, a new series with new characters & a new town, and a little difference that I hope people will like and accept. I'm giving it a go, so we'll see!!!
