PLHocking

Author; ex-professional musician; arty-type; Jack of all trades, master of some. #amwriting #writingcommunity #amediting #amquerying #AusWrites

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What’s in a name?
Looking at author, book and character names. https://t.co/yJvLdOl0r5

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@belindamgrant And a lovely notebook it is!
I’m adding words and words and more words. Some of them make sense.

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@KDKells Going to get into it from tomorrow. I’ve been in clean the moths out of the pantry mode. Downside - low word count, SO MANY tins of beans and messy kitchen for days. Upside - tots ready to write and look at my beautiful pantry!

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@KDKells Yeah, valid reason for three movies would be to fit in all the details from the book. Didn’t quite happen.

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@KDKells Yes very strange. Doing my usual just writing dialogue and barely anything else. I’ve worked out basic synopsis of book2 and more detail in first plot point. Have to submit a synopsis for WYN.

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@KDKells Sent it to agent last week. Really hard to know when to stop editing/fixing/fiddling. Sent too soon? Too late?

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Been working on a map of my fantasy-world village. Half-fun, half-important. https://t.co/SlrNDj0hdk

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@belindamgrant @AnnaWhateley @KDKells @thetjedwards Is ‘story doctor’ ideal for before even starting a work or is it best once you have a first draft?

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@KDKells I smiled when he said he like my smile.
Feeling sheepish.

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@KDKells Love the teardrops in the rain scene.

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@TwoBooksBlog @belindamgrant Aww! Thanks!

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@belindamgrant I polishing too, in a weird way, or maybe procrastinating. I’m using a house design app to draw Marli’s home and it’s been interesting for continuity. Made me realise, I’ve imagined it as different in different scenes. Yesterday, I drew a cool fantasy map of Erebus.

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@belindamgrant @KMAllan_writer Exciting! And it is a gorgeous cover!

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Back into my YA MS today. I wrote a new opening and I’ve gone from despair to “I am a legend” in one day. I suspect tomorrow will bring a more balanced view of life.

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Cool

[Astrid Scholte @AstridScholte]

ICYMI!

@AmieKaufman and I will be chatting about our writing and revision process on the 26th of July 5pm PT/27th 10am AEST over on Insta!

And there will be giveaways!

Hope you can join us!

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@AmieKaufman @MeaganSpooner @misterkristoff @GetUnderlined @EpicReads @HarperChildrens @HarperKidsOz @AllenAndUnwin @Rocktheboatnews I’ve just devoured Aurora Rising and went to buy book 2...
May seems a long time away.
Loved your book, Amie and Jay.

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Totally agree. And by the end you’re so tired you just start chucking out everything.

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Structural editing is like the Marie Kondo of writing. I hope each scene to my chest and whisper "does this spark joy?"

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#furiousfiction submitted. A slight setback when I double-checked the instructions and found it had to be a character who was a guard, not just any old guard. Applied some quick thinking, and hopefully it’s not a disaster. Hopefully.
Thanks, @WritersCentreAU, this was fun.

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@belindagrant80 Feeling your pain.