Six-Sentence Sunday 06/10/2012

I'm glad Sunday comes directly after Saturday. That way, when I miss my Six-Sentence Saturday, I still have the alliterative Six-Sentence Sunday to fall back on. (Aren't I awful?)

1.) I just finished watching NORTH AND SOUTH, a BBC miniseries that is way awesome, and I think I'm more than a little fond of Richard Armitage.

2.) What was Peter Jackson thinking, casting Richard as Thorin Oakenshield in THE HOBBIT?!! Thorin... well, better not say anything, if you haven't read the books.

3.) I'm reading SABRIEL by Garth Nix, and it's just my humble opinion, but I think he should stick with writing young adult. He seems more comfortable writing in that age group.

4.) Two of the best Broadway singers (and actors) up to date: Anthony Warlow, and James Barbour.

5.) I'm about 11,000 words into my NaNoWriMo revisions, and so far I'm liking the direction my novel is going. Yay!

6.) What are asphalt, pavement, and cobblestone? (This is a stupid writer joke. Can you guess?)

That's all for now! Hope you have a wonderful Sunday. God bless.

Cat

(And the answer to the question is this: Asphalt, pavement, and cobblestone are Concrete Words! LOL!... okay, you did laugh, right?)

Too many chapters?

Do you ever feel like you are getting bogged down with too many chapters when you write? Do you feel like you're just going on and on and on with a chapter, and it's leading you nowhere?

Maybe you can't cut a chapter because there's something important revealed in one single paragraph of the entire thing. Maybe you just love a certain description too much.

One way to see if a chapter is really that important is to ask yourself a few questions:

1.) What did I learn in this chapter?

2.) Did it move the story forward?

If you can honestly answer YES to both these questions, keep the chapters. If you can't, maybe take a closer look at them. You probably don't need them. Keep the "good stuff" and ditch the rest.

Someone once told me that there was an author who would find the best, the prettiest, the most perfect part if his book, and delete it. Ouch, huh? That's braver than I am right now! But if you can get rid of the best part of your book, you won't hold on to those pretty elements that will clutter your novels with too many chapters.

God bless!

Cat

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Six-Sentence Saturday 06/02/2012

Happy June, everybody!

First, I'd like to announce our WINNER for the UNICORN KEEP contest. Here is a snapshot of the Random Number Generator I used to pick our lucky number:

Since six is closer to five rather than to eight, our winner is...

SHAUNA!

Shauna, congratulations. Please contact me through the Contact Me button on the left, and I'll send you a gift certificate code so you can download a copy of Angelia's previous book, HORSE CHARMER, from the Smashwords website.

Now, for six sentences:

1.) I'm loving the warmth outside. It's about 8:15am, and I don't need a sweater for outside.

2.) Just finished DRAGON'S KEEP by Janet Lee Carey, and I thought the writing was beautiful.

3.) There's something about a warmish peach that just tastes so divine.

4.) I seriously want an iPad.

5.) Hurray for the second day of NaNoWriMo! Revisions are still going well. :)

6.) I'm taking my li'l sister to her baseball game. It should be fun.

That's all for today. Once more, congrats on the win, Shauna!