I mean get down RIGHT NOW and write fifty words about why you're such a lazy, PANSY of an author who will never get anywhere unless you actually WRITE WORDS.
M/T/S Boot Camp is a 21-DAY KICK IN THE PANTS for authors--especially if you're working on mystery, thriller or suspense elements in your prose. I'm going to light a fire under your ass and send you off with a specific assignment. Maybe it's about pacing or a turning-point scene. Maybe you'll need to lay out a series of mysterious clues. What's so suspenseful about that pause of suspense before your climax? Find the tension--or slash it.
Over the next three weeks, we'll shear off those long locks of prose. You're gonna cry when your words fall to the cutting-room floor, but you'll get lean and tough. Your prose will be tighter than Gerard Butler's abs.
Over the next three weeks, we'll shear off those long locks of prose. You're gonna cry when your words fall to the cutting-room floor, but you'll get lean and tough. Your prose will be tighter than Gerard Butler's abs.
Complete your work or you may find yourself on LATRINE DUTY. Or the Long Run! (Trust me, you don't want to find out what those are about.)
For those of you doing this boot camp on your own: When you come back tomorrow morning, CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR FINGERS IN GEAR. After that, you can use the Blog Archives for May to the right. Starting from the bottom and working your way up, find the next entry (in this case, "Incite Your Incident"). Good luck.
For those of you doing this boot camp on your own: When you come back tomorrow morning, CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR FINGERS IN GEAR. After that, you can use the Blog Archives for May to the right. Starting from the bottom and working your way up, find the next entry (in this case, "Incite Your Incident"). Good luck.
