There comes a time in the process of your writing where you feel your inspiration slowing. After Months of writing, you get a few days or weeks where nothing comes to mind. Everyone has their own way of getting out of this “writer’s block” or the writer’s wall, as I like to think of it.

So to paraphrase, I’m stuck like glue. I have no path forward right now.  At this moment, I’ve got the heroes landing on a planet.. but I have to create a dramatic arch… and I have no arches I can concieveably bring into the story.. at least.. not that I can think of… Any ideas?

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Ok, here we are again. Plugging away at Ramon’s plight. Working on Chapters 2 through 5..  I have to wonder sometimes if I’m not totally crazy to write a book. But I’ll keep plugging through this. If i only could figure where I put my star wars dvds. Those serve a lot of inspiration to this story and it’s something sorely needed at times.

Chapter one was basically an action chapter, introducing characters and going all hell on leather, if you pardon my french. Chapter Two may be a more sedate pace, more talking and exposition. But my sister did give me new ideas for this chapter so I may be adding new themes, taking out characters who don’t add to the story. It also means a chapter one rewrite, but that’s alright. I can deal with that.

Rewrites are what gives a story its pace, its meat. I know readers like to have the meat of the story without the  potatoes clogging up the works. Oh geez, I just compared a story to FOOD!!!

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Ok, so chapter one of Ramon’s Plight is complete. Moving on to chapter two.  Giving myself  two months per chapter seems to keep me focused and working. Once I finish the final chapter, however many that is.. I will be going back for a second edit. I usually edit each chapter after I finish it, then I put it aside.  Hopefully this book will come out the way I intend. But writing is an organic process..so I never know.

On the home front, our five dogs are fine.. our chickens are growing, life is crazy. I am in school for writing and editing. So I’m just going as far as I can.   Some friends, they know who they are, say i need pictures.. Well, I’ll have to get some good pictures… so we will see.

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So I’m currently working on a story I’ve tentatively entitled Ramon’s Plight.  It’s going well, and I’ve drawn a lot of inspiration from star wars, but I’ve gone a different direction I guess would be the way to put it. I am enjoying the writing of this  story.  Chapter one is near completion, which i see as a good sign.

On the working front, I’ve been offered a publishing contract for a story I wrote I turned it down. The contract was not what I wanted, so I decided it would be in my best interest to back out before I signed myself into something I could not get myself out of.  While I am very interested in being a published author, I feel I have to read the contract and be comfortable with the company I choose to publish my story.

Now I am going to see if I can finish Ramon’s Plight Chapter 1 before the end of May.  That leaves me 6 More days. Oh fun.

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I’m Anjellica. but people know me as Angie or Angel.. Some even know me as Annie.

I live in the country, I deal with dogs, chickens and life’s idiosyncrasies.

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