tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3826574269910454849.post1804191515353227436..comments2022-12-26T19:50:27.178-06:00Comments on Fiction City: Where Does Your Story Start?Lisa Katzenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03541571187216239983noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3826574269910454849.post-69330928118855911832009-09-27T10:40:56.167-05:002009-09-27T10:40:56.167-05:00Haha! I, too, save my "deleted scenes" ...Haha! I, too, save my "deleted scenes" in a separate file, which I then hardly ever need again. It's important to do whatever it takes to make you willing to cut the fluff.Anica Lewishttp://www.anicalewis.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3826574269910454849.post-76113153805970874592009-09-23T18:28:10.875-05:002009-09-23T18:28:10.875-05:00Nah, you can apply this principle now to your curr...Nah, you can apply this principle now to your current WIP!<br /><br />What I did differently: I thought to myself, what is the true action of the start of the story? Is it when Character A first meets Character B? Yes, but that's not interesting because they haven't done anything yet. Is it when Character A gets pissed off at some people and leaves the event she's attending, and then sees Character B? No. <br /><br />I started the story after they'd met, by which they'd had time to wreak havoc! Now THAT was interesting (to me, yes, to me). So my first line is a statement about what they've done. Well, it pulled me in, anyway. :)Sierra Godfreyhttp://sierragodfrey.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3826574269910454849.post-21895957512950142782009-09-23T16:06:54.751-05:002009-09-23T16:06:54.751-05:00Hi Sierra!
Glad to know your current story got of...Hi Sierra!<br /><br />Glad to know your current story got off to a roaring start. What did you consciously do different to avoid those saggy first few chapters with this manuscript?<br /><br />I file this topic under the area of "Things I wish I knew when writing my first book." I keep saying that seventh book of mine is going to be just fabulous!!Lisa Katzenbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03541571187216239983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3826574269910454849.post-85279158052642731512009-09-23T16:02:15.852-05:002009-09-23T16:02:15.852-05:00Great topic. I agree with everything you said. In ...Great topic. I agree with everything you said. In my current story, I started out several times before realizing where the story starts. <br /><br />In my next one, partially written, I was very conscious of that "four chapters in" rule. I tried it, and it totally worked! Even though I bypassed the original incident that sparks the event that the story opens with. It just totally works.Sierra Godfreyhttp://sierragodfrey.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com