by Susanne | Sep 20, 2017 | Early cinema, Research
Originally scheduled for June, 1902, it was postponed because the Prince of Wales had acute appendicitis, and had to have surgery. The heroine of my WIP attended the coronation when it eventually took place on August 23, 1902. Remarkable to have film records of the...
by Susanne | Sep 19, 2017 | Early cinema, Research
I was never a true aficionado, but I’d watched my share of silents: D.W. Griffith, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin etc. While doing research for my two existing (unpublished) novels that take place around 1910 in New York, I was astonished to see just how much...
by Susanne | Sep 17, 2017 | Writing craft, Writing life
I’m circling around the new WIP. I’ve populated Scrivener with index cards of random scenes, and written one of them (sort of). Still not sure where the story begins, although I think I know where it ends. This one’s conflict is tough, because...
by Susanne | Sep 11, 2017 | Soul searching, Writing craft, Writing life
As promised, here’s the scoop on the workshop with Randy Susan Myers Saturday: I came in thinking all I had was a jumble of research that would never amount to anything. I left thinking there’s a story in there after all. I don’t know how much was...
by Susanne | Sep 3, 2017 | Writing craft, Writing life
I’ve discovered I can’t start writing a novel—even if I know how it should begin and end—until I find the narrative thread. Characters can develop on the page as I write, even plot to a certain extent, but I have to have a basic idea of what’s going...
