Lessee . . . more talk on dramatic irony today (mostly that it's something the audience knows and the character doesn't, which can include things like impersonation) and a chat about synopses/outlines (mostly, that synopses are tools to sell the book, outlines are more for private use, keep them entertaining and hooky, and keep them succinct) and a chat on rights (keep the foreign, read well, question things you don't like, and your agent should be able to handle it.)
Then, since we didn't have catered food tonight, me,![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
birdhousefrog and Kim entertained folks at our place, and Grillmaster Kyle reprised his role from Clarion and cooked us up some very good food.
And now we're all frantically trying to come up with something to turn in for next week. I know what I'm turning in--more Orossy--but the scene I'm working with is giving me heck because the events aren't told in the right order and I can't figure out what the right order is. Arrrgggh. Or, I could stop fussing, and hope the circle comes up with some good ideas. :>) Mostly, there's two climactic moments, and then it calms down a lot, meaning I'm not raising the stakes enough (though I'm trying!)
Yeah. This is the difference between Taos and SHU--here we keep hearing things over and over and over while at SHU we go to class, but don't discuss them or the techniques much more than "I liked/disliked that module because ____" Plus, there's a smaller, more cohesive group of people here.
Anyway. A few of my favorite pics for today.
Plotting a novel using index cards for plot points.
Plotting the novel using index cards--two long hours later.
Dinner! Yes, those are brownies out of a box. I am the queen of making brownies out of a box.
Grillmaster Kyle (Thanks Kyle!)
Rainbow! It's been raining every afternoon/evening.
Looks like something's on fire, but it's not, I promise. Just the sunset.
And here's Oz (birdhousefrog) sitting in the corner because she's been bad, eating too much chocolate and blaming it on her roommates . . .
Then, since we didn't have catered food tonight, me,
birdhousefrog and Kim entertained folks at our place, and Grillmaster Kyle reprised his role from Clarion and cooked us up some very good food.And now we're all frantically trying to come up with something to turn in for next week. I know what I'm turning in--more Orossy--but the scene I'm working with is giving me heck because the events aren't told in the right order and I can't figure out what the right order is. Arrrgggh. Or, I could stop fussing, and hope the circle comes up with some good ideas. :>) Mostly, there's two climactic moments, and then it calms down a lot, meaning I'm not raising the stakes enough (though I'm trying!)
Yeah. This is the difference between Taos and SHU--here we keep hearing things over and over and over while at SHU we go to class, but don't discuss them or the techniques much more than "I liked/disliked that module because ____" Plus, there's a smaller, more cohesive group of people here.
Anyway. A few of my favorite pics for today.
Plotting a novel using index cards for plot points.
Plotting the novel using index cards--two long hours later.
Dinner! Yes, those are brownies out of a box. I am the queen of making brownies out of a box.
Grillmaster Kyle (Thanks Kyle!)
Rainbow! It's been raining every afternoon/evening.
Looks like something's on fire, but it's not, I promise. Just the sunset.
And here's Oz (
birdhousefrog) sitting in the corner because she's been bad, eating too much chocolate and blaming it on her roommates . . .
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