So last week's story epiphany has proven a tougher think than I first supposed. It'll require some major changes to the execution and will alter turning points, etc. Still, I like it. Really a lot.
And today I realized that the clumsy, dorky girl I had put in the story as main character Livy's home ec partner -- the only other student shunned as much as Livy (and shunned by Livy) is destined to be her sidekick. Inasmuch as you can have a sidekick in a historical narrative filled with dead bodies.
Oh, right.
Also: 100 Habits of Highly Effective Writers. Some great advice there for writing and other creative pursuits, with links to more advice, which probably has more links. So many links.
Finally: #FrankenSmack! Recently, this exchange went down on Twitter between fellow middle grade writer Mike Jung and me...
Mike: I can't decide whether to set this new WIP [work in progress] in a contemporary setting or something more small-scale & Frankensteinish.
Me: @Mike_Jung Really? You can't decide?!
Mike: @nomadshan I am PLAGUED with indecision.
Me: Suddenly want to write a Frankenstein story. Totally my idea.
Mike: @nomadshan OH SURE IT IS
Mike: @nomadshan DUELING FRANKENSTEIN STORIES! *throws down glove*
Me: @Mike_Jung oooOOOooo. It is so on. *grinds glove into dust*
And a story challenge was born: Frankenstein Smackdown! Each of us will write 1,000 words of Frankensteinian awesomeness and post it to our own blog a week from today, March 22. And because the whole world is hanging on the fate of this literary event, it has the Twitter hashtag #FrankenSmack.
At any rate, you'll find my story here at daily pie and Mike's at his Little Bloggy Wog (I'm not making fun -- he actually calls it that).
Stay tuned...
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