Comments | sallytuppence: Why I love writing, #325

sallytuppence

Why I love writing, #325

Apr 23, 2007 08:15

It's like...

It's like a snarly tangled knot and you have to pick at it, and pick at it, and then you find the right end and pull gently and wallah! A piece of string.

Yes, I've finally worked out the ending of Book Two. I wrote the very last scene on Friday, on my day off, and it is just right, and it sets up really nice tensions for the ( Read more... )

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kara_gnome April 23 2007, 13:36:48 UTC

Ha! Delightful, and congratulations :)

sallytuppence April 23 2007, 15:14:31 UTC

Ha! Thanks!

(also, haven't seen you 'round these parts before--you're very welcome)

kara_gnome April 24 2007, 01:16:15 UTC

Yup, I'm pretty new, still. I've enjoyed your blog particularly because it always seems so upbeat and positive.

Anyway, yes, it's very nice to meet you :)

stephanieburgis April 23 2007, 13:42:23 UTC

Woot! Congratulations! Good luck with tonight's writing, and I cannot wait to read the book!

sallytuppence April 23 2007, 15:15:16 UTC

Thanks, Steph! Tonight's writing should start with Conn in a swordfight.

Could get messy.

stephanieburgis April 23 2007, 17:37:13 UTC

Oooh, now I really can't wait. You know swordfighting is on my top 5 list of Things I Love In Books, right? :)

sallytuppence April 23 2007, 19:04:26 UTC

I do! Conn doesn't exactly swordfight, though. He's not very good at it, that is.

Which is why it gets messy...

ccfinlay April 23 2007, 13:49:20 UTC

That's awesome! Clearly it's the power of the new laptop at work.

sallytuppence April 23 2007, 15:16:55 UTC

Thanks, Charlie! Y'know, I think the new laptop, Sparks, did help. Somehow everything felt fresher...

gregvaneekhout April 23 2007, 14:24:38 UTC

Congrats on getting unknotted!

sallytuppence April 23 2007, 15:18:09 UTC

Thank you! Almost certainly it will get knotty again, but for know all is right with the world.

sallytuppence April 23 2007, 15:34:12 UTC

Actually, something you said about the Book Two proposal helped a LOT as I was solving the problem. That whole section of the book comes out of that one comment, actually. So thanks again!!

gregvaneekhout April 23 2007, 16:58:47 UTC

You're welcome! I'm honored to be of use! And I cannot wait to read the whole thing!

michaeljasper April 23 2007, 14:29:32 UTC

Sweet! THanks for sharing this -- it gives me hope and inspiration for my own knotty fiction issues... :)

sallytuppence April 23 2007, 15:21:13 UTC

You're very welcome, Mike! I was thinking more about this after posting it. I'm in the process of figuring out how to write for a specific purpose. Before, I wrote if/when I felt like it, and now I'm under contract, and that's a different kind of pressure. And what I learned is that, whatever purpose I'm aiming at, I can't force it. (To switch metaphors) the plot cooks at its own pace. I could turn up the temperature or put the lid on, but then all I'd end up with is a mess of charred plot.