Last night was the weekly gathering of my writers critique group (www.pugetsoundwritersguild.org). We are feisty, committed, opinionated, caring, daring, funny and too often perplexed with our own writing process. But we are honest and supportive of each others' writing process. We hear three presentations - usually scenes, sometimes planning material - and give constructive feedback. This is where the laughter and the bantering erupts.
I presented my crisis summary sheet for a medieval who-dun-it. I had organized a fair amount of detailed material. My group caught a number of details that I need to reconsider and reorganize in order to make this a better-told story. I appreciated the support and feedback. Now is the time for major restructuring, not when most of the novel is written!
Lamentation (the working title for my novel) takes place in 1280 Bruges, a beautiful canal city in present-day Belgium. My sleuth is a beguine, and three innocent souls have died. Or were they so innocent?
Thursday, July 9, 2009
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