Cynthia Harrison
Novelist
Year: 2009
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The “Almost” Scene
Today I’m working on a long scene that ups the sexual tension between my characters. Anybody who reads romance knows that it’s a tightrope walk between conflict and attraction. Unless the author is really really good, I almost never believe it when two characters are bickering enemies in one paragraph and falling into bed the next. Coming together (pun…
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I’m It
Answering Martha’s questions: 1. What’s the last thing you wrote? What’s the first thing you wrote that you still have? Last thing: new scene for the WIP. First thing: “Dear Diary…” 2. Write poetry? Yes! 3. Angsty poetry? Not lately. 4. Favorite genre of writing? Memoir, poetry, women’s fiction. 5. Most annoying character you’ve ever…
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Writing During Holidays
Like many other people on the planet, I’m busier than usual in December. Especially in the week or so now leading up to Christmas. Like many writers, the act of putting words on paper, making progress with my WIP, grounds me. I need to keep that up despite the various other commitments that call on…
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What I’m Doing, Besides Xmas
Have been reading Raymond Carver: A Writer’s Life with fascination, horror, and admiration.
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Where to Start?
My critique group has seen the first two scenes of my WIP. I wrote them as alternate first scenes, not sure which to open with. CPs said open with the first one. Craig and Hughes say the second. Ch. 9 in The Everything Guide to Writing a Romance Novel, “Why First Impressions Count” convinced me that for this…