tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878752953637981313.post4707625706921826203..comments2023-10-15T03:16:44.927-06:00Comments on Suspense Novelist: Personal FavoritePeg Brantleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04906858123466177508noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878752953637981313.post-28300029198292836062010-01-20T11:01:44.319-07:002010-01-20T11:01:44.319-07:00For me, the idea is not to look back on our mistak...For me, the idea is not to look back on our mistakes (there will always be something we could do better, even well into our published journey), but rather the signficance of our accomplishments.<br /><br />I loved when he realized what he'd done . . . written a novel! . . . and from there he moved on with confidence and yes . . . growth from making all of those horrible mistakes.Peg Brantleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906858123466177508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878752953637981313.post-22854014002888654582010-01-18T22:28:29.555-07:002010-01-18T22:28:29.555-07:00I'm so new that it's hard for me to think ...I'm so new that it's hard for me to think about looking back on my early mistakes. It seems kind of premature. However, I did make so many that I can see a lot of progress.<br /><br />Since admitting your mistakes is one of the steps to healing and moving forward ~ I will be brave and say I totally messed up POV. I had the main character in 1st - the rest in 3rd. One re-write later, and I tackled redundant words (still a problem for me). I wonder whether practice will cure me of that particular ill. Then I mapped out the rooms and buildings I planned to use and realized they wouldn't work with with the scenes as written ~ yet another rewrite. When I delved into characterization - one more re-write had to be done. Then there is the biggest problem of all. I've always been the story teller in my family. Switching to being an author and writing with deep POV and active ibstead of oassive writing writing has been the mof difficult of all. <br /><br />Plus I have some problems choosing vocabulary that is is descriptive and yet not out of character or sounds like I searched the thesaurus for it. <br /><br />That's not to say it isn't going well. I guess it isn't quite what I exoected.Margaret Metzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12070144752258476825noreply@blogger.com