Day 16 (Team July)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

My heartfelt thanks to elmey for taking over the duties while I was enjoying the beauties of North Germany.

Here's today's prompt for your writing updates and for any extracts, thoughts, or comments you might have.

Keep the fires burning! :))

Comments

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

Well, I can haz synopsis, in rough draft of 2,600 words.

BUT it's too long, and it's too rough, and it exposes a big weak spot in the plot, and Lord there is too much going on. Really a rather brutal if necessary wake-up call.

I've a way to go yet.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Aww :(
But at least you found the weak spot and can hopefully now work out how to fix it :)

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

The end of the beginning, perhaps? Good luck!

[saki101.livejournal.com]

Condensing, polishing to go, but you have your raw material! And if the spot really is weak, then it was a good way to see it and shore it up! Tea, coffee, ice cream, whatever your fortifier of choice is and then onwards!

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

Wine :)

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Too many words can always be cut down. Congratulations on getting that far.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

What length are you going for on the synopsis?

But a good exercise if it lets you get an objective view of the plot developments. You may have a way to go, but it's shorter than the way that got you here ;)

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

I'd like 1.5 K comfortably.

But now here comes the big decision. Should I be thinking of it in terms of 1 book, or 2? That's a decision which will affect how I proceed and I need to know how likely it is that I can pull it off...

[elmey.livejournal.com]

The flow of the story is going to be different if you have two books--though if you don't want to give up that much of the material you have it's an option. I'd sleep on it ;)