Just a rambling storyline...deep six it or develop it?

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Carla Hurst-Chandler
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Re: Just a rambling storyline...deep six it or develop it?

Post by Carla Hurst-Chandler »

I agreed. This is the outline,of sorts :D

-- 09 Jan 2016, 10:44 --

So...I have gotten serious with this piece and my goal is to finish it by the end of the year. Taking next year for edits and re-writes. This is my first attempt at a fiction novel and one of the really odd (and totally unforeseen) bits for me is the characters "voices in my head" at random times. Author Stephen King made a huge deal out of giving each of your characters an authentic voice. Well Stephen...I did. Now how do you get them to shut up???

I decided there had to be a survivor of two...or who is left to tell the tale? And am (for now) doing a series of interviews with them.

May post a few...interested?
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