by Denise Vega | October 27, 2016 | Writing Inspiration
So here I am, facing down NaNo in just five short days. I completed my plot outline, the structure of which I share below, and am going to be fleshing it out a bit more so I feel ready to jump in on November 1. Last week I shared the tools I was using to create an...
by Denise Vega | October 20, 2016 | Writing Inspiration
I’m not gonna lie, developing a plot outline has always been a bit of a turnoff. I knew a book outline wouldn’t be the Roman Numeral I thing, but it still sounded academic. Once I got over that, the whole idea scared me. I’d have to really think...
by Denise Vega | October 13, 2016 | Writing Inspiration
So digging into character last week really helped ideas for plot bubble up! Highly recommend that. Then I sent a doc to my critique group in advance of our September 30th meeting. In it, I gave them a very general summary of my idea–since it was still...
by Denise Vega | October 6, 2016 | Writing Inspiration
Even though I’ve published four novels, I did not do any kind of pre-planning when I wrote them. I just got the idea and dove in, stalling, restarting, taking long detours as I figured out the story and my characters. I may still do a lot of wandering with this...
by Denise Vega | March 31, 2014 | Writing Inspiration
As I continue with revising my contemporary realistic novel based on feedback from my group, I have started to explore Sheridan’s emotional life more carefully as it relates to her character growth. It occurred to me that her journey was much like mine was a...
