Writing – Page 12 – Suzanne Warr

Goals? What Goals? I Don’t See Any…?

3JanuarySuzanne1 CommentHome in the Rookery, Writingwriting goals popcorn 13 Demon days agent novel submission year 2010

Every year for it seems like an eon I’ve come up with new goals sometime in early January.Â Sometimes even on the first.Â And I’ve noticed a pattern. Some of my goals willÂ be metÂ over the course of the year, but often the goals for the year change as the year progresses–which is a nice way

Passing On A Laugh

9DecemberSuzanneThe Human Condition, Writingeditorial anonymous author writer joke laugh submission funny humor editor agent query

No pun intended, unless the reader is currently querying a humor novel. 😉 After testing the waters with a few queries for The Popcorn Potion, I discovered a new and fascinating obsession: that of attempting to extract from a single nondescript sentence why oh why the rejecting agent would pass on my manuscript.Â And without

Darlings Up For Adoption

2DecemberSuzanneWritingpopcorn potion rewrite writing darlings cut adoption book edit funny laugh joke

A favorite mantra in the writing world is that you have to ‘kill your darlings.’Â The thought process goes something like this:Â Whatever it is that you’re most attached to in your book or writing probably represents a phrase or scene in which the author took center stage, instead of the story.Â This ‘darling’ represents

Popcorn Shells: A New Beginning

21NovemberSuzanneJust for Laughs, Writingstephanie meyers spoof funny joke humor vampire werewolf popcorn write edit

Otherwise known as ‘the clippings on the cutting room floor after The Popcorn Potion has been through yet another round of edits.’ Today’s outtake comes from the first couple of pages, and represents a fairly dramatic redirection of my opener.Â Some of you may recognize a reference or two, and make the logical leap as

Warning: Not For Those Who Consider Themselves Adults

14OctoberSuzanneJust for Laughs, Writingagent query sub nathan bransford jay montville funny humor joke laugh

I’ve been living and breathing the technical and business side of writing, of late.Â Over a year ago I started a Master file on agents, now I’m going over that with a fine toothed comb as I sort out which agents I should sub Popcorn Potion to, and when.Â My synopsis is taking way too

Cue the Walking Song

2OctoberSuzanne3 CommentsHome in the Rookery, Writinggandalf bilbo walking song tolkien writing sunset road popcorn

The weather was absolutely gorgeous for a walk tonight, and check out this road in the sunset.Â It put me to mind of the Gandalf song…not sure I’ve got the words, but the phrase running in my head is, “the road goes ever on and on…” and continues but I can’t pick out the rest.

Hooray for Popcorn, minus the Exclamation

1OctoberSuzanne5 CommentsWritingpopcorn potion novel writing funny humor joke laugh

This is the blog in which I turn cartwheels andÂ max outÂ my exclamation quota for the year.Â This blog anounces that last night, in the wee hours of the morning, I finishedÂ the first draft ofÂ Popcorn Potion. Now, this is very exciting–even though I know I’m writing in a montone.Â It’s only that I can’t whoop and

Pumpkin and Popcorn

26SeptemberSuzanneWritingpopcorn recipe potion pumpkin autumn spice food snack october

Every year in September I start thinking and dreaming of pumpkins.Â I never have been able to decide which I love better, tomatoes or the great orange squash, but let’s just say that there are times and placesÂ when I’d choose these veggiesÂ over chocolate. Now, I know it’s not the first of October, yet, so even

Popcorn Progress and Oracles

13SeptemberSuzanneWriting

My writing progress this past week was of the kind that doesn’t add much to the word count.Â Â I’m technically writing chapter six, but have gone back to revise all the preceding chapters. That’s great–the addition of crystals, cats, and glass crickets can only be a good thing!Â But, the word count didn’t budge much,

Goodbye to The Sigurd Journal

7SeptemberSuzanne3 CommentsThe Sigurd Journal, Writingeditor thoughts tsj the sigurd journal writing submission guidelines

When my cousin, friend, and writing buddy, Caleb,Â called me up a couple years ago and asked whatÂ I thought of taking on the job of managing editor for The Sigurd Journal (TSJ) I thought he was crazy, but I also knew I had to say yes.Â While the crazy never stopped, I learned a lot and

Suzanne Warr

Narrative designer, game designer, author

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