I decided today that the WiP I’m attempting to revise isn’t worth the effort--time to set it back on the shelf and move on. Okay, I’m kidding. But I did think about it.
When I get that nasty urge to throw in the towel, I will often sit and Google, until I hit on a piece of information, something, anything, that motivates me back to my writing or revising.
I ended up here today and was reminded that I still haven’t put those magical words together—you know, the ones that will describe our books in one sentence.
So, tomorrow, I plan to study the one-liners on The New York Times Best Seller List. Great stuff there, seriously, did you know that Diana Gabaldon has a new book out in the Outlander Series?
AN ECHO IN THE BONE, by Diana Gabaldon. (Delacorte, $30.) The descendants of Jamie Fraser and his wife, Claire, search for clues about their flight from North Carolina during the Revolution; the seventh Outlander novel.
Knowing Diana Gabaldon that tome is a doorstop, yet there it is, described in one sentence. Magical!
Speaking of magic, that reminds me of something that used to crack me up back when I worked in the salon. I probably could have worked this into a nice writing analogy but anyway, here's the story:
Every now and then, someone would come into the salon with unrealistic expectations. I mean lets face it, short baby fine hair can not be transformed into thick flowing locks. Anyway, one of the hairdressers, excuse me, stylists, would walk past my desk and utter out of the side of his mouth, "Get the wand."
Perhaps that wouldn't have made a good analogy after all. I never did find that wand. Guess I'll have to roll up my sleeves and do this the old fashioned way... one line at a time.