I didn’t get chance to blog at all last week. What with the 100K challenge and then the internet going down for 2 days (GRRRR!!!! Don’t ask *rolls eyes*) but, i have got back in to reading, and watching rather a lot of a certain TV show…so its all good.
Just a quick piece of fiction today that was written in response to Dominics recent photo…
Dominics photo this week prompted the following scene. At some stage in the future perhaps i can extend it 😉
Todays piece of fiction was scribbled in my notebook yesterday and was inspired by two things:
Is it Friday already? Wow, that week went quick 🙂
Today’s piece of fiction was prompted by this photo…
A big thank you to Dominic de Mattos for allowing me to use it here…
To keep my brain ticking over I’ve decided to do a prompt every Friday morning. I have to admit that I’ve blatantly stolen the idea from the Friday Fictioneers 🙂
Todays piece is inspired by this photo, which i took whilst taking tea (get me!) at Fortnum & Masons last month.
It inspired a character more than an actual story…
I spent some time yesterday morning writing a blurb for the novel I’m just about to start work on. A good exercise to get me focused on what the story is actually about and at least i now know the MC’s name!
I know some people get confused between a blurb and a synopsis, so we should probably start there..
Blurb =Â Found on the back of a book and used to entice a reader to buy it. Usually two or three paragraphs in length. No spoilers.
Synopsis = A summary of the whole story from beginning to end. Usually about a page long (unless told otherwise) and sent to agents/publishers. Must include spoilers.
So now we’ve cleared that up lets get to the nitty gritty…what should a blurb actually do? What needs to be included?
Right, so now i know what a blurb is and what i should include, i must be able to write a great one yeah? lol….you be the judge. This is the blurb i wrote for my new WIP Pressence 🙂
“It just feels so right.” Was the thought that escaped Beth Adams lips as she stood outside number 10 Button Lane with the Estate Agent.
Having battled her ex-husband Michael for nearly two years in their bitter divorce she was looking forward to a fresh start and rebuilding her life. An unloved Victorian house in a picturesque Kent village was exactly what she needed.
But behind the dirty stained glass in the front door lurks a dark force. Beth’s search for recovery soon turns to terror as she is forced to confront her fears and the pressence, with whom she is convinced she shares her new home.
Does beth have the strength to win this last battle? Or will the strain be enough to tip her over the edge?
Do you ever buy books on just the basis of the blurb? I know i do, so i guess its important to get it right 🙂
Open to suggestions and opinions…does this work or do i go back to the drawing board? lol
My writing group have decided to do sessions with Blake Snyder’s Save The Cat book. Yes, i know its for screenwriters, but…there does seem to be some merit in applying Snyder’s rules to other forms of writing. The aim? To hopefully improve our novels, so I’ve decided to start work on a new one for the exercise.
Our first session was to come up with a “Logline” and a title for our piece. Ok, well most of my fellow writers already had stories, and titles. Me? I just had an idea in my head. But, by the end of our first session that idea was more formed and i had a better understanding of what my story is about.
I haven’t done a blurb, a synopsis or a plan. I don’t even know the main characters name…yet…but I’m determined that my Nano novel this year will be planned. I’m so fed up with being a pantster and tying myself up in knots. So I’m hoping that these sessions will get me well on the way to being more organised.
Snyder says you should be able to sum up your story in one or two sentences. If you ask yourself the question “What is it?”
So here is my title and the Logline of the novel i’ll be working on from now on…
A woman’s search for recovery after a stressful divorce turns into a nightmare, as she battles against the late owner of her new home.
Ok, that just about sums it up…but…I’m not happy with the word nightmare. I dunno, is it just me? Does that word work? Does it make you think ghost story? Does it make you think she’ll just have a bad time or do you think the story will actually involve nightmares?
I’d be interested to hear your thoughts 🙂 The next session is genre *shudders* lol
Oh no…its the last day of the A-Z Challenge! Wow, that actually went pretty quickly didn’t it. And the best bit is…
Sorry, got a little bit excited there, coz its not over yet… Its Z day…
And my last random word is…
Good morning, or afternoon 🙂 Im a little late today…not feeling too great…have my reflux problem back so its back to the Quacks for me today *sighs* Plus I’m taking The Hubster to the dentist (I’m sitting in a dentist waiting room as I type!). Its all go here you know 😉
Today is Y day on the A-Z Challenge, so you know what that means…one more day and we’re done…awwwww…before you know it its all over 😦
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