Image via WikipediaSunday of last weekend (the 1st of May) I set out to do some writing and research. (Often times research gets done more than writing, but it is a necessary step for a full story.) When realization--inspiration from God-- struck! But I had to get the idea down so I would not forget or lose even an iota of what I wanted to capture. So I wrote down about five bullet point sentences for the prologue, each a point that had to be hit in a chronological order. Then I began to fill in the blanks before the first sentence and so on. Once my story reached a goal, I deleted that sentence and continued the story to the next point/sentence. Each day this week I added 2-4 pages and now the prologue is complete! (I wrote in between activities and while multitasking.) I found this made it so easy to stay on task; I did not lose track of where I was going or how I was to get there--which I do often, actually, as I am a very detail orientated person and sometimes lose sight of the big picture.My prologue simply needs editing now, but I will save that for a day when I am not in the "mood" for writing or when I am done and it is time to clean up my work for submission (that will rock!).
What I will do with the chapters I have already written (about 3 -4) will be to go straight to the end and write the bullet point sentences of what needs to be accomplished in that chapter. Then, once that is complete, I will go through what I've already written and see if I managed to stay on point at all. Where there is issue I will correct and add what may need to be added. I think a good thing to do with the sentences is to add what emotion is to be experienced by the character or even the reader. Are the emotions coming through the narrative as the story aims for the goals? I sure hope so....
Now back to writing!
