tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171053017419650092.post8432600259343054884..comments2023-07-30T01:04:21.335+10:00Comments on Char Mesan Writes: Finding the WRITE starting pointAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12060223815555660649noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171053017419650092.post-9124783857483880592013-04-08T07:33:05.766+10:002013-04-08T07:33:05.766+10:00Hi Kara Ann Alice, thanks for commenting!
It is g...Hi Kara Ann Alice, thanks for commenting!<br /><br />It is good to help me feel that I am not alone in having to rewrite the first chapter multiple times reading that this happens to other writers. Your words 'When does it get to the point where your pen is writing on its own' resonated true for me.<br /><br />After having written three and a half thousand words over the last two weekends towards my new starting point, I started over again last night, because when I reread my own words, I found that all I had done was bog my beginning down with backstory, that had been hard to write - so I scrapped everything, and started again.<br /><br />But, I have found my characters age and starting circumstance, so I was able to get straight back into it without too much writer angst, and my character seems quite happy (at the moment) that this is her starting point.<br /><br />We rewrite because we want our story's to turn out 'just right'; I'm thankful that I can identify (eventually) when it is going wrong, so I have that opportunity to try again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12060223815555660649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171053017419650092.post-48311377525057564082013-04-07T23:02:14.821+10:002013-04-07T23:02:14.821+10:00I found that I had to rewrite my first chapter ove...I found that I had to rewrite my first chapter over and over again all this week because the beginning just didn't seem like the place to start. My tip is, listen to your character. When do they seem to start getting interested in their own story? When does it get to the point where your pen is writing on its own when you are jotting down notes on the particular chapter? That is where you should begin, because that is where the story truly begins. At least, that is how it has been for me.Kara Ann Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945818773658234562noreply@blogger.com