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This week: Shhhh... It's Quiet Time Edited by: Legerdemain  
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Not So Adventurous
I have adventures. I do! Just not every day. Some days I have to slog through working, exercising, and laundry mountain. Laundry mountain has no summit, I'm always just climbing and climbing and never finding an empty basket. That's life. So shouldn't your writing be like life? I'm not saying we should write about sorting darks and whites. It's more about balancing the adventure and the quiet.
We all have quiet time. I think creative people need quiet time to reset and rejuvenate. How each of us achieves quiet time is different. Some put on music and get lost in a story. Some drink a glass of wine and paint. Others take apart the lawn mower and sharpen the blade. Even the mundane chores can be quiet time for us. When my children were little, I would put them to bed and then wash dishes. Just the simple chore of washing dishes by hand, hearing the water white noise and not needing to keep three eyes on my babies was enjoyable.
Do characters need a reset? Do they need some quiet time? I think they do. It's not about writing the mundane, but making quiet time for important conversations, meeting a new friend, or lulling our readers into a false sense of security before we drop the big climax on them. The story arc is a curve for a reason. If the whole story was filled with high jumps and flaming swords, our readers would be overwhelmed. Wander slowly and introduce your readers to your main character and setting, let them peek into your setting and look in the windows at the story.
Then break the quiet and bring the fun! Write on!
This month's question: Where do you find your quiet time? What about your characters?
How do you use that in your writing?
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Excerpt: Mommy was worried about her little girl after Evan spoke sharply to her. They followed her out to the playhouse and peeked through the window. They saw Betsy pour some tea and hand the cup across the table. Mommy smiled remembering her own special childhood friend. She’d checked on Betsy other times and heard her tell Sally about the good times before Daddy left.
Excerpt: “Just pretend not to notice,” Jay whispered to Raven. There were eight of them waiting in the hanger, anxious to receive their dispatches. At least seven of them were a little confused.
“How can you not notice?” Raven replied under her breath, then made the mistake of looking back and receiving a discourteous snort. “I mean, are they kidding? There must have been some sort of mistake at Corporate. How can they expect this guy to do the job? After all, we’re air mail. And he’s…not.”
Excerpt: Finally, quiet, thought Hank, submerged in a shark cage miles off the Florida coast. He loved his wife, but Elly could talk…about anything…for hours. Every so often he desperately needed an escape from the incessant chatter, and so these monthly excursions were well worth the cost.
Excerpt: Mike Magee sat by the window, idly sipping a beer. His gaze was fixed upon a soft summer rain spattering the glass of Duffy’s tavern, a popular eatery among horsemen a block from Belmont Park. Morning chores were done and with no racing scheduled for the afternoon, the clamor of a noonday crowd faded as the captive image took him back nearly fifty years.
Excerpt: I’d never been to a Ghost Club meeting before. In fact, I’d never even heard of one. But they are out there, and last night I went to my very first one.
Excerpt: LIKE A DEAD BATTERY, the gold cigarette case had lost its charge. It used to be, by simply holding the cold polished metal, Julian Tepper could revisit the night he had killed its owner and taken it as a keepsake.
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This month's question: Where do you find your quiet time? What about your characters?
How do you use that in your writing?
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Last month's question: What methods do you use to control pacing in your writing?
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writingbyjazzy: Fascinating idea! 8 seconds can be compared to many things and have a different effect. For example, comparing 50 to 1 million - it's tiny. But 50 to 100, it's fairly big. In 8 seconds, I can shave off precious seconds for a mile (which I really need to do), which is big for me. On the other hand, 8 seconds compared to an hour long class is nothing.
ladeecaid: I thought you were going to tell us it takes 8 seconds for a reader to either be intrigued or bored. I used my psychic powers, read into the future, and figured out what you were going to say. "It takes 8 seconds, folks, to hook the reader. If you don't, you have a such-n-such chance of losing them." I smiled, inwardly chuckling, and had to share...
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