Odyssey

I might just have had a synopsis breakthrough!  I don’t know why — a combination of things, I think.  A critique buddy of mine described a movie plot to me, and I thought, “That’s what my synopsis should be like!”  But it was difficult to rattle off my own story at first because as a writer you tend to keep track of all those wee details that should not really be part of the synopsis.  Then, a new critique buddy and I were thinking of starting off by sharing synopses, so I just whipped one up.  And DING DING DING DING, ladies and gentlemen, I think we have a winner!  I totally did the happy dance on that one! 

So, I sent my latest synopsis to a couple people to critique.  We’ll see what they say.

Also, remember I said I had two new story ideas?  Well, story idea #1 has a good vibe driving it.  Story idea #2 was missing something, but I couldn’t put my finger on it for a while.  Then, this morning, in the shower, where I typically get my best ideas, DING DING DING DING!  It turned out that all story idea #2 needed was a change of genre, so I made it a paranormal rather than a contemporary romance and voila.  The first two chapters instantly flooded into my psyche, and I had to rush out of the shower, hair dripping wet, to type them up before they floated out of my mind.

In other progress news, I’m taking a really good sexual tension workshop, and edited a scene to post as an assignment.  It was my hero/heroine’s first smooch, awww.  Turned out better than before, so that’s good.  Shows me I’m continuing to strengthen as a writer. 

Well, that’s it for now.  I have got to go grocery shopping!  I have spent way more time writing today than I had planned, but it was well worth it.