Cynthia Harrison

Just finished my first synopsis revision. It for sure still needs work, but I’ll save that for tomorow. Writing the synopsis made me think about one of the relationships in the book differently. It’s a minor relationship but has a big impact on the plot. Trying to summarize it made me realize I had to lay a…

After perfecting my first three chapters yesterday, I took a look at the synopsis. Not much can be salvaged, I’m sorry to say. I was really hoping I could just chop off the first bit like I did with the novel, but nope. I tried and just ended up frustrating myself because it looks like…

My sign of Aries is famous for starting things and then getting distracted and leaving whatever unfinished. Looking  back on the last several years of writing, I can see that for me, this is true. Distracted by teaching and wanting to establish a “real” career (the kind with a paycheck). Distracted by writing groups, reading…

I have three chapters, 28 pages. I wanted to make the chapters a little longer, but the breaks were in such obvious places, I had to go with them. My new revision method has worked out well. I’m at the point where I keep changing little things, tiny things, taking out the word “the” and then…