Comments on: Momentum http://writeupouralley.com/writing/momentum Children's Book Authors and Illustrators Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:56:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: kay http://writeupouralley.com/writing/momentum/comment-page-1#comment-7 kay Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:47:45 +0000 http://writeupouralley.com/?p=1540#comment-7 As a compulsive outliner, I can say it doesn't matter if you've thought the book through chapter by scene by key dialogue - the middle is a slog. I'm writing my new novel (about the Exxon Valdez oil spill) deliberately without plan so I'll be able to compare the dreaded mid-book slump of a plunger to that of a plotter. Debbie - I am surprised that picturebooks have a similar 'reduced speed zone' mid-project. Hmmmm. As a compulsive outliner, I can say it doesn’t matter if you’ve thought the book through chapter by scene by key dialogue – the middle is a slog. I’m writing my new novel (about the Exxon Valdez oil spill) deliberately without plan so I’ll be able to compare the dreaded mid-book slump of a plunger to that of a plotter.

Debbie – I am surprised that picturebooks have a similar ‘reduced speed zone’ mid-project. Hmmmm.

]]> By: debbie http://writeupouralley.com/writing/momentum/comment-page-1#comment-5 debbie Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:34:56 +0000 http://writeupouralley.com/?p=1540#comment-5 The middle of a book is the hardest part for me to write too, even in picture books. I'll have a big idea, a good set-up, and a sense of where it will end. "In my head" the whole thing is great... but then I sit down, and well, getting it to work on paper isn't always so easy. Moving readers from that beginning to end, making sure they will want to turn every page, building & maintaining tension - aahh! I know what needs to be done! But you are right, "butt in chair" is the only way it's gonna happen. The middle of a book is the hardest part for me to write too, even in picture books. I’ll have a big idea, a good set-up, and a sense of where it will end. “In my head” the whole thing is great… but then I sit down, and well, getting it to work on paper isn’t always so easy. Moving readers from that beginning to end, making sure they will want to turn every page, building & maintaining tension – aahh! I know what needs to be done! But you are right, “butt in chair” is the only way it’s gonna happen.

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