Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Week 3, Day 6.... Town development.... yay....

0 comments Posted by Michelle Bethell at 9/30/2009 08:46:00 PM

Week Three Goals: 
Write 20 pages (5,000 words) Total: 40 pages (10,000 words)

More plot & Scenes
Town & People Creations 

Okay, I can't act like I don't thoroughly get into the creating my town and town people. Just like everything else about writing, I tend to get slightly overwhelmed with the initial thought of creation, but once I get into my groove... I'm off and running wild with it! 


Having created so many people for my town, I now have MANY idea's for other books. This is the true test. Where I have always faltered before. I have one idea and put it off for a new, more exciting one!! 

I won't! I've typed my first thoughts on my future *crossed fingers* MS's and have moved past them back to this MS. Only time will tell... but I hope I've whipped that particular demon in the rear side. 

 

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Harmony, Interrupted (Harmony, Oklahoma Series - Book 1)

0 comments Posted by Michelle Bethell at 9/30/2009 07:37:00 PM

Book One of my "Harmony, Oklahoma" Series.

Synopsis:

Ten years doesn't seem like that long ago when first love Sara Langley and Ben Bowman end up in their home town again.

Divorced Sara, living at home with her parents, has demons of her own to chase. And they don't include getting romantically involved with Ben again.

But Ben is very determined to have Sara in his bed, and eventually his life, if the dark haired beauty would let go of their past and embrace their future.






 

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Week 2, Day 6... Onward!!!

0 comments Posted by Michelle Bethell at 9/23/2009 11:23:00 PM

Week Two Goals: 
Write 20 pages (5,000 words) Total: 20 pages (5,000 words)
Character Maps
Scenes - More detailed, additional scenes.

Finally!!! I get to work through the many words banging around in my head. Twenty pages,.... piece of cake. The rest... blah!! Haven't I spent enough time with an actual paper and pencil?!?

Not that all the paper and pencil work is done. I have more to look forward to in the week to come. But I manage to put it off until I've done my page/word quota!! 

Is it extremely sad when you find ways around your own goals???


Another week come and gone, and another week of my met goals!!! 

I love this feeling!! What is it?? 


I know!! 

It's accomplishment!!! :-)

MB

 

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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Week 1, Day 6... The beginning!

0 comments Posted by Michelle Bethell at 9/16/2009 10:41:00 PM

Week One Goals:

Take idea and turn it into detailed Characters, Plot, Scenes, and Chapters.
Figure out Line Submission.
Work through Charts (page/word count. Due Date. etc)

A week spent of pen/pencil to paper (literally), with very few moments on a keyboard, I flesh out my idea with as many details as I can. Even when or if I'm done before the first full week with my "Fleshing out" I spend the whole week just working through thoughts and idea's for the MS.


I've worked it out that I should be done with my first draft and beginning final edits (in my opinion, not a publisher's) within 12 weeks. 


These are goals that I've came up with, on my own, that I try desperately to stick to. I break it down through how many pages/word count that I need for my intended Line and divide that up into two groups, then four parts each. For more info on my process, click here, to go to my website.

 

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