For most writers, the most challenging part of writing is right here. It's the beginning, the opening. It's finding an idea, the first words, and the first sentence.
Most writers...
Does this include me?
Of course not.
The most challenging part of the writing process is deciding upon the ending.
A romance novel usually ends with a happily-ever-after. So how difficult can it be?
Remember the series of novels called "choose your own adventure"? Each story had the possibility of three endings?
This is how my mind works. Can't I be happy with the ending I just wrote? It's a beautiful ending. Apparently not.
I will confess I sit, stare, ponder, and often whine. If I change the ending of my novel, my revisions will snowball. If I don't make the changes, will my readers feel cheated?
So far, so good. Sleep deprivation has worked in my favor.
Except in my current WIP, I need help with character names. I never had a problem with character names before. Never. Never ever.
Names are the first thing that has popped into my head until now.
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| Chanel is listening to me complain. |
I renamed the heroine twice. My hero still has no name. I call him Guy. Hopefully, he'll reveal his name to me soon. Why? Because, as I've shared before, my dreams always have a musical score. The current wrap-around song, playing all night and every night, is the 1964 version of My Guy.
I would like to give my BWL Insider Blog readers a peek into one of the characters in the story.
Gavin, one of my pups, will have a small part in my Christmas release.
He's excited, and I'm excited. Hopefully, readers will adore his grumbly personality as much as I do.
I was interviewed on a fellow BWL author's blog last week. It's a Christmas in July event. Please stop by J.Q. Rose's blog... There are cookies and secrets...lots of secrets.
https://www.jqrose.com/2023/07/recipes-n-reads-series-christmas-in.html
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Happy Reading,
Connie
I guess, we all struggle with character names. After writing thirty five stories, it becomes more and more difficult. I like to give my characters names with a meaning matching their personality. So, I often peruse baby name sites that include the original meaning of the name. It helps me pick the right one. In my WIP, Angel Guardian, a sci-fi romance coming this fall, my amnesiac hero's name is A444, a labor slave number. But still, in my mind A stands for angel, and 444 is the secret number of angels, like 666 is the number of the devil. Thanks for sharing.
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