WIP Wednesday
January 21, 2009 | WIP Wednesday
Each story I write goes through predictable stages. It took me a long time to catch onto the pattern…
There’s the initial excitement where what-ifs ping pong around inside my head and the story seed grows into a concept that is totally brilliant, but only in the inner vision.
Then there’s the compilation of characters, plot, images, and structure all of which adds up to many more questions than answers.
Here’s where the concept has a fifty-fifty survival rating. A fatal flaw may doom the unborn manuscript. Or it can be set aside a frozen embryo of a story. Or it survives to become a WIP and eventually a completed book.
When I first started writing with the dream of getting published, I leapt directly into the business of writing the manuscript, eager to capture the vision onto the hard drive.
Experience has convinced me of the value of story development before actual writing. But, there are many successful authors, who wing it every time. Each of us has to find the processes that works for us.
So what have you learned the hard way?
When both Hunter and Tru bond with Amber their mating triangle threatens everything they hold dear.
Determined to help rescue the princess, Cassandra agrees to act as the dragons’ sex slave, but can she guard her heart from the dominant males?
Camille, a plump, sweet-natured breeder, is caught in New Eden’s endless war with Baldor. Her mates, Jaxon and Aegis, need cunning and courage to rescue her. They need a miracle to capture her heart.
Werewolf-whisper Daniel is the only one who can heal Scarlet’s broken werewolf connection. If he succeeds then the pack’s needs will eclipse his claim on her heart. But if he fails, they'll both die.
A lonely woman finds passion with a dominant much younger lover, when she tries to leave she learns her new master plays for keeps.
One dangerous warrior woman plus two rogue demon males equals a love to threaten an empire.
Getting paid to watch Eduardo is Desiree’s dream assignment, but when he reaches out to her, crossing the line, everything changes.
Deep in her secret heart, she lusts for a sexy pirate who’d be her master and commander in the bedroom. But, this man may be too dangerous
She finds paradise in the arms of twin brothers, but their law demands she chose one warrior to mate and one to die.
One woman, two men, three wounded hearts--though already mated their love is still forbidden.
