Romance Novel weblog by Carolyn Jewel

Writer's Diary

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Crawling Through the Desert

Yesterday at last I had something of a breakthrough for figuring out how to tackle Scandal. At least now I know which chapter to write and where it goes. And, I have ideas for other chapters. Whew! Part of the problem is I need to switch up my notebooking. Before I changed my exercise routine, I did that while I biked in the morning. But now I don't bike as often so I'm not focused when I sit down to write. Yesterday, I notebooked before I started writing, and after a paragraph or so I knew what to write. Today, I'll finish that up and then get clear on the chapters to follow. That's a big relief.

Last night I finished re-reading Mary Balogh's A Summer to Remember. This was my very first Balogh book. I'd gotten it from a book club when I failed to timely decline. I decided to keep the books. I disliked the cover, thought the title was stupid and hadn't ever heard of the author so I let the book sit around forever (months!!) until at last I was desperate to read something. As you might imagine, Oh My Gosh! The writing was just first-rate, the characters complex and full and the story was so utterly romantic that I was a fan-girl long before the end of chapter one. It was wonderful to read this story again. I've since read just about everything she's ever written. Sigh.

Back to work on Scandal.

Labels: Authors, Scandal, writing, writing scenes