Hey all, since I had to shelf the novel I was working on for camp I decided that I would pull out As Death Tells It and I could use more help! Through the rest of the month I will have a few more polls and surveys for helpful thoughts and ideas for this work in progress! I am really excited for what it will become! With all of your help I think it will be that much better! Here is today’s poll, please fill in your own thoughts on article ideas, as I need more to keep writing! I got such great ideas with what you thought of death so here we are again with more questions!
Yes, I have found my writing mojo again! Camp is BACK ON!!! Come on everyone, we can do this thing!!!
So, I am so close to finishing Mo Thuras I can taste it. I want to say the Outline/draft is finished, but that would be “cheating” even for me. *grins* So in the meantime I read a fun idea over on Legends of Windemere, and thought I would enjoy something similar. So, here is another sneak peak inside the workings of Mo Thuras. Enjoy.
Melody’s Top Five Countdown
To find out her past
To figure out who she is
Exploring the galaxy
Create her own family
Learn her culture
Kyi’s Top Five
To be free
Find his heartmate
To live happily
Make a new home
Find a place he belongs
To have a sneak peak into some more of my inspiration for my story, here is the current pinterest board I am using! That gets updated as I find different ideas fitting for my story.
What about you? What do you use as you write to “see” your characters/places/things? Do you utilize Pinterest in your writing? Do you print and create a “storyboard”? What motivates your characters most?
Well, in keeping with my goals this week, and realizing how late it is in the week already I thought I would share with you a bit of Mo Thuras and its inspiration…
My synopsis (at least as it is right now):
Melody Joy is a woman captain in a male driven role. When she gets a unique piece of technology in the mail, after discovering the secret of a lifetime, she sets off on a journey of discovery. In her ship Mo Thuras, she sets out to find a planet no one has heard of and find a bit of her past.
Along the way she picks up a ragtag crew who, like her, are different and never seem to fit in. Always searching for a family of their own. Together they find a strength they never had before, along with a sense of belonging.
Finding new relationships after betrayal. Finding she is herself all along, this journey is filled with reflection and discovery.
This is the Playlist I have created:
I have found these songs really resonate with my main character Melody. Now a short interview clip from Melody herself!
Dreamland’s Insurgents*: Hi Melody! I want to start by saying, you’re incredibly brave for being a female captain in a man’s universe. Melody Joy: Thanks so much for the kind words *blushes* Dreamland’s Insurgents*: When this voyage to find your roots is over, what do you think you will do then? Melody Joy: Well, after I find where I belong… and who I really am, I figure I will know what I am suppose to do. I mean, really it is just so hard, not knowing who I am. Dreamland’s Insurgents*: What are you hoping to find on your world of origin, and what do you want to take away with you? Melody Joy: I really just hope that by finding my home I can finally figure out who I am, who I am suppose to be. I really want to take a sense of finally belonging… somewhere. To find my place, and fit in.
What about you? Are there different things you do to help you get “in that space” when you are having trouble writing? Things that make you instantly think of your story?!? Do you find working on your synopsis helpful in drafting your story? DO you make playlists from music that reminds you of your WIP? Do you find interviews to be helpful ways to get to know your characters?
Random Acts of Writing 