Welcome to Monday

I love Monday. It is the beginning of the work week. The day after I’ve been spiritually revived and the whole work week is spread before me. A clean new sheet of paper.

I am still waiting as characters auditon for the post of main character in my next manuscript.  Who will it be? What is her major problem?

Advice from a Pro

I had a telephone conference from a freelance editor today. After we went through all the issues with the current manuscript she had a prayer for my growth as a writer for Him.

My desire is to write for Him and to help hurting women.  Waiting on His timing.

Plot

We have a running debate on our writer loops about if we are a ploter or a panster, meaning we write by the seat of our pants.

It seems so great to plot. I have several books on plotting. I have read them all more than  one time. Hoping I will somehow “get it.”

And I do start to plot, have a rough idea of the path the story will take and then I start hearing voices. Voices I have to hurry and write down. Later I can go back and figure out where these characters were and what they were doing, maybe even what they were thinking when this conversation took place.

I was able to plot the beginning 1/4 of the story in  my last manuscript. I’d love to get further this time. So I have pulled out all my plotting books again.

I feel kind of lost since I finished both of the manuscripts I’d started. So now I need to get the next one or two going. 

I started with the main character in my first two novels. As soon as I found the character I knew what her basic problem was and was off and running.

And I don’t see a plot jumping out at me this time either.