Melinda’s Comments (group member since Jul 11, 2012)

Melinda’s comments from the Q&A with Glenn Cheney group.

I've got 3 character sheets written and I think I will use these for my first short story. I'm getting pretty excited to get on with the story now. By the way, know any good books on grammar, I have a pretty good grasp on it but it has been years since I actually studied it.

I think my next project, or first if you don't count poetry, will be some shorts. And the characters files is great! It will surely keep me from forgetting things that could turn out to be integral to a story line. Thanks

Ok, will get the book and read it. I guess more of what I was asking is if one needs to have a sheet on the characters in the book. Some things I will be able to remember but, say, things from their mysterious past, etc., and that type of small stuff that need be kept handy, least for me, so I won't forget something about the 'person' that is or can be useful. I'm afraid I won't remember things. As for somethings, I doubt you can't forget those. I'm mostly thinking it is for the little personality type details that can end up playing a big role.

And, yeah, it is procrastination... I would love to be able to sit and write by the seat of my pants, I'm just afraid I will lose track of things.

So, I guess first I should write a couple of shorts just to see how it goes? ;)

I have like 4 series going around in my head. I just don't know how to start. I have a feeling I need a good synopsis, keep character backgrounds of all, or most of the players, and a general outline of what is going to happen. But, where do I turn these mechanics of book writing into a good reading book. I want to transport the reader of my book into a world not quite real, but I want the hold on the reader to be sucked into my imagination and just get lost in the book. We all want that, I'm sure, but is there a feeling you get when it's coming together in the background work , or do you just sit at the writer and start and hope that the flow is right and use the as just that, an outline.

Thanks
Melinda