I’m not supposed to be writing this. I have a pretty stiff yearly schedule on what
I intend to write. And while the
Stiletto Gang blogs are on my schedule, I have currently abandoned all sanity
and schedules and have started committing time to a project that is NOT on the
calendar. I should currently be writing
my San Juan Islands #3. Unfortunately,
while I had a fantastic idea for the opening, my idea pretty much stopped
there. And an inciting incident does not a plot make. But after I stared and stared at the screen
and then stared some more, nothing was coming to me. So I started doing a
writing exercise to get the creative juices flowing and now… I can’t stop.
I think I’ve fallen in love with my own characters. They keep popping up with more things for
themselves to do. And I keep thinking, “What a great idea! I’m sure that will only take me twenty
minutes to jot that down.” Note to self:
nothing you want to write takes twenty minutes.
And now my cushion of time for making my deadline is whittling down and
I’m actually starting to worry. So if
you’ll excuse me, I’m going to stop writing this and stare at my screen and try
and figure out why Tobias is in jail.
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Bethany Maines is the author of the Carrie Mae Mystery Series, San
Juan Islands Mysteries, Shark Santoyo
Crime Series, and numerous short stories. When she's not traveling to
exotic lands, or kicking some serious butt with her fourth degree black belt in
karate, she can be found chasing her daughter or glued to the computer working
on her next novel. You can also catch up with her on YouTube,
Twitter and Facebook.
Congratulations on this productivity, Bethany! What was that writing exercise that got your creative juices flowing so well?
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