tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081955273890368448.post8688142272160910186..comments2022-11-09T01:20:16.534+11:00Comments on Inkfever: Where's Your Focus?Amy Laurenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16782528327499574711noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081955273890368448.post-9149895196158180832010-09-28T18:00:46.531+10:002010-09-28T18:00:46.531+10:00Elena - Congrats on figuring out in the end what n...Elena - Congrats on figuring out in the end what needed to be done, though. Tearing huge chunks out of a story like that and really gutting it takes courage. *cookies*<br /><br />Glam - Yeah, I can see how that's a problem in the early drafts of Monarch that I read. Jess is really truly awful, though :D hehe.Amy Laurenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16782528327499574711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081955273890368448.post-37617320553029832572010-08-28T04:24:02.227+10:002010-08-28T04:24:02.227+10:00This is so, so important, and a great post, Inky. ...This is so, so important, and a great post, Inky. I think this has been my largest problem of all with Monarch.Michelle D. Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696465137285587646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081955273890368448.post-2265376476109145072010-08-28T02:24:02.066+10:002010-08-28T02:24:02.066+10:00I agree wholeheartedly. I used to focus more on a...I agree wholeheartedly. I used to focus more on action. My second novel (forever in my desk drawer) had great characters, but because I was so focused on making the story "a certain way", the story just never measured up to what the characters really needed.<br /><br />They wanted a story worthy of them, and it wasn't until I scrapped that book's plot and let them tell me what they wanted to do that I really hit on a book that was worth writing.Elena Solodowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03037029195682225565noreply@blogger.com