2. Yesterday I woke up with a new book idea that really came out of nowhere and took me by surprise. I spent the entire 12 hour bus ride outlining this thing. I have the whole plot worked out, all the character arcs, a beginning/middle/end, even subplots. My new characters are interesting and unique, and I can't wait to explore their story in more details. Some of them even showed up with names. Has this ever happened to you before? Usually I'm carving out the story in bits and pieces, trying to figure it out as I write, but this one came to me almost fully formed, like Athena springing out of Zeus' forehead. I'm not sure when I'll write this, my super secret WIP is definitely my priority because my agent can't wait for it and I love it too. I might try to write this one simultaneously because I'm so inspired right now.
3. Progress on Super Secret WIP is going well. I still have about three more key scenes to write. I hoped to have more time here in Scotland to finish so I can start revising as soon as I get back. I plan to plow through to the end on my 7 hour plane ride tomorrow. I'm itching to start revising and get a draft off to my critique partners asap.
4. My sister will officially be declared a lawyer today in NJ! She passed both the NJ and NY bars, but the NY ceremony isn't until late January I think. Congrats, Becca!
5. There's a really interesting discussion going on in the comments of my fabulous critique partner, Denise's, blog. She discusses her method for outlining, and I weighed in a bit with my own method, though I am planning a blog post with much more details some time next week. Anyway, check it out and join the discussion! I find everyone's individual methods so interesting.
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