I have a bad habit: I write without direction. Drive in the dark with catching shine from the occasional star. With the fire of my ideas steaming onto paper, I tend to skip pertinent steps. Steps to make my work good to the last drop, have the reader savor it up till the last page, wanting more.
After a long day, I’m struggling to make an outline for my young adult novel around a modern-day retelling of “The Little Mermaid.” An outline that should’ve been done weeks ago before committing to a 10-week writing workshop and a cabin at NaNoWriMo camp. Of course, I’m on chapter three with a congested chapter one and a messy chapter two, so I need to know where this is going.
What should my character’s sacrifice be? What would a 16-year-old give up today for love? Should she die? (Disney sprinkled a lot of fairy dust on this story). So many questions, so little time.
As a workaholic, I’m going to plan this outline probably over lunch during the week. I do get an hour I don’t fully appreciate.
Published on July 18, 2016 21:53