Lesson One - Part One

Cache Lesson One – Part One



#5 & #6 –See it and Hear it.  This is usually how I write—lie in bed just before I fall asleep, or when I first wake up, or sit in the pool and stare at the bottom of the deep end and see and hear scenes.  I have to say this is my preferred method.  I really do ‘see’  scenes and ‘hear’ characters speaking dialog.  I might go over a scene over and over—hearing different dialog paths—and deciding which is most true to the characters’ personalities and gets what needs getting done in the scene.  If you haven’t used this method—go ahead and try it.  It’s fun and I think you keep your characters’ voices more genuine.



#11 – Noodling the Newspaper (I’m extending that to TV coverage).  Several years ago a New Jersey nurse/housewife was tried and convicted of her husband’s murder.  I watched the trial on Court TV, and have always felt that she didn’t do it alone—if she had anything to do with it at all; and that her ex-lover framed her.  I’ve been thinking about researching this for next year’s NaNo (although I swore I would never do that again).



#16 –Write a prologue that leads to a book.  I actually did that about 15 months ago—and



used it as the jumping off point for my 2009 NaNo project. 

ID: 1487709   (Rated: GC) 'Sisterly Love' - Prologue  A new telling of an old tale... by JoDe