I am, once again, scantily clad with two fans blowing on me. Believe me, nothing about this is remotely sexy. I'd rather have pajama pants, my Kermit slippers, and a T-shirt on. 😑
Writing is the only item on the agenda today! *dancing*
Okay. While I was writing yesterday, the key to the entire series came to me. Three beautiful lines that will dictate every action made. Now. I know what my trilogies are about. I don't throw out a number and then frantically scramble around and try to make it work. That's called being short-sighted, and I have enough shit going on without stressing myself out.
But this clarity in these few words? I literally pushed back from my desk and wallowed in the rightness of it. Basked in the clarity.
Writers like to label themselves. I don't like to label anything, and I sure as hell do NOT like to be labeled. I both plot and freestyle. I loathe the word "pantster." I do NOT write by the seat of my pants. Mad love to those who do. I'm not knocking anyone. Nor do I jot down the minutiae.
I use OneNote. I have different tabs for characters and locations. I can paste in pictures and type in dialogue as it comes to me.
For example: The Rivers Sisters Series has their own notebook. Each book has their own tab. Then underneath each tab are pages. Megan's story, "Fascination", has a page where I posted visuals to represent the wild child's stories.
Here we have Megan, quite young, completely done with her red curly hair. She decides to try a spell to straighten it. And she does. Into sticks. I love her so much.
I'm a visual person, and I enjoy being able to use this tool to enrich my storytelling. When my brain meanders, and I pick up a scene or dialogue from another story, I open the tab and jot it down so it's not lost. That is one of the worst feelings in a writer's life. Losing a piece of a tale that you swore you would remember. Aches like a bad memory.
Now that I've prattled on a bit, I really AM off to weave words and let my mercenary girl have an extraordinarily unpleasant day. 😣
Always writing!
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