hello to everyone!
i stumbled across this forum yesterday and can not say how excited i am to be joining in on the discussions!
maybe i should tell you all a bit about myself. i'm a 30 year old canadian woman in between careers (i go from musician to receptionist to poker champ to waitress) and am working on my first (eek!) novel, a historical romance set in france in 1835. i attempted to write a modern novel previously, but after struggling and throwing notebooks against the wall in frustration, i turned to the style i've loved reading most over the years- 19th century classics and historical fiction. immediately i found my writing flowed more naturally in the classic, formal style (especially where dialogue is concerned) than it did in a contemporary story. woohoo!
i have completed most of part one (about 12 chapters) but am coming up against the usual problems most writers seem to face-awkward transitions from scene to scene, characters taking the plot in different directions on their own, etc.
hopefully this forum will give me the inspiration and help i need to get the damned thing finished!
thanks for reading my post and i look forward to all the discussions sure to follow.
henriette
i stumbled across this forum yesterday and can not say how excited i am to be joining in on the discussions!
maybe i should tell you all a bit about myself. i'm a 30 year old canadian woman in between careers (i go from musician to receptionist to poker champ to waitress) and am working on my first (eek!) novel, a historical romance set in france in 1835. i attempted to write a modern novel previously, but after struggling and throwing notebooks against the wall in frustration, i turned to the style i've loved reading most over the years- 19th century classics and historical fiction. immediately i found my writing flowed more naturally in the classic, formal style (especially where dialogue is concerned) than it did in a contemporary story. woohoo!
i have completed most of part one (about 12 chapters) but am coming up against the usual problems most writers seem to face-awkward transitions from scene to scene, characters taking the plot in different directions on their own, etc.
hopefully this forum will give me the inspiration and help i need to get the damned thing finished!
thanks for reading my post and i look forward to all the discussions sure to follow.
henriette
Keep up the good work. And welcome to the Cooler. I'm also new.
