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November 6th Question: What creative activity do you engage in when you’re not writing?
Soooo, what creative activity do I engage in when I’m not writing? I THINK about writing. I know each of you can identify with that. We’re always writing in our head, aren’t we? I guess that doesn’t really count as an answer to this question so I’ll add to my answer: I read, but I love listening to podcasts–about writing, about social media, about quilting, junk journaling, painting or just about anything else. I enjoy watching YouTube videos on how to do something. I’ve watched one on how to grow potatoes and how to repair a toilet handle. YouTube has answers, and you never know when something will end up in a book.
Speaking of books, I finally finished the Love Inspired Romance I’ve been working on. Sent it to my agent a couple of weeks ago. I meet with her via Zoom next Wednesday, the 13th. She’ll tell me if she likes it, what I need to do to “fix” it, if it’s worth her time. I know the ending isn’t super satisfying for a romance and I need an epilogue but I couldn’t think of one. They usually feel like tack-ons to me. I really don’t like ALL epilogues but looks like the LIs always have one.
I could have sworn back in the old days–or maybe my college days when I wrote my first novel–I was taught that you have to have a prologue if you want to have an epilogue. I know rules change over the years. I know this is the south and maybe other areas of the country didn’t teach that. Did anyone else learn that rule about prologues and epilogues?
Oh, another creative activity I indulge in is genealogy. I like meeting new family members because of my DNA. If you’re a Roach, a Smith, a Ragan, a Chaney, a Yarbrough … you might be mine!
So that’s my life in a nutshell! Hope you’re all writing or indulging in something else creative.
Best to you!
jrf
Good luck on your submission and upcoming Zoom meeting! I don’t know about epilogues. I read a lot and see epilogues and the writer didn’t use a prologue, so perhaps much is changing. Maybe your agent will have a comment about that. Yes, writing itself can be all encompassing. I write every day because when I don’t, something just feels incomplete. I too dabble in geneaology, but not often. Not that much time!!!! How many generations do we go back and still consider all those people ‘family’???? Maybe there’s a story there. For now, I’m deep in drafting mode, loving my current project. What more could a writer wish for?
Beth, you sound like my hubby when it comes to relatives. ???? parents, aunts & uncles and his cousins. That’s it for him. I’ll claim everyone! ???? Good luck with your latest project. It’s wonderful when you love it!
I forget that I can’t use smiley faces.
I hope your agent absolutely loves it and can help give you some ideas for that ending. And I agree, watching youtube can add a wealth of knowledge and be the thing that sparks the next story idea.
Thanks MIffie, I hope your writing is going well.
“You never know when something will end up in a book.” Isn’t that the truth? Ha! I love to research. Half the time, I don’t even plan on it. All at once, I realize I’m doing it 😉
Lately, it seems I see more epilogues than prologues. I prefer epilogues, though neither one is necessary for a well-crafted story.
Genealogy? Ugh.
I grew up with a grandma and a great-grandma. There were great aunts and great uncles, too. If my great-cousins have children, I imagine they’ll be fantastic 😉
I also watch tutorials on youtube, there are so many, anything you want to learn, it’s there.
I’ve not learned about having prologues and epilogues but it seem to be the norm for most books. But I don’t think they are always necessarily.
Good luck with your book.
Have a lovely day.
I hope you get good news when talking to your agent.
I’ve been watching a lot of You Tube videos on Spanish.
Thanks Diane, I hope so too. I sure wish I could speak Spanish. I’ve always heard the best way to learn it is to live in Mexico for a month or two.(Or Spain!)