I was scrolling through twitter today and came across this post from Writing & Editing, the twitter account for Writer Stat.
It really spoke to me.
As a relatively new member of the Minnow Support Project Fiction Workshop, I have felt a ton of renewed inspiration and motivation to complete the book I am working on. But this particular statement made me think about the reaction I have been getting from my own first chapter.
After I hit a bit of a wall writing my story, I went back and rewrote my outline, in much greater detail.
Yes, that is just the outline.
I rewrote the first chapter to make it more exciting - more gripping. I wanted the reader to get pulled into the story before I did character introductions. I shared the new chapter with my fellow "Fictioneers" to an overwhelming and humbling response. I knew I was on the right track.
I have yet to fully write out the ending - I am honestly only nearing the end of Act 1. Hopefully, by the time I get to the end of the book, the final chapter will be enough to have readers want more. That's the best I can hope for, I think.
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Printing that out and sticking in on my wall! Still working my first chapter :-)
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STOPThanks for sharing! I, too, am an author so it's nice to connect with other writers finding new ways to do their thing!
thanks for elaborating your thinking and sharing.
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Good to see people getting inspired. I myself have been a bit more inspired as of late. Good luck with your book.
Just remember that the last chapter selling the next book does NOT mean cliffhangers and hooks! It means satisfying your reader and leaving them so in love with your world and characters that they just have to have more! No pissing me off with cliffhangers and hooks so I want to throw the book across the room and black list you. Yes, I have a blacklist.