This HTRYN student finds his novel to be so broken that he wonders if he should not just start all over again with the HTTS process.
Excellent question, with lots of details and nuances. What do you think?
Go here, read the ongoing discussion, then offer your best understanding of the Lisle methods of writing and revision and how they work together.
For those who are following along with Holly’s walkthrough of How to Think Sideways, the Week 7 Lesson is now under consideration. (For those of you not following the walkthrough, you are missing out on powerful instruction and inspiration.)
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Last week Holly decided to throw traditional publishing overboard. This week she is working out–right before our eyes–plans for her first independent series. She’s using the planning modules from Week 7 to build characters, conflict, and more. Don’t miss this demonstration.
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Here’s Holly’s Question of the Week. The answer to this is one of the best ways to keep your story on track to satisfy your reader and yourself.
Before you take your book to your readers, you need to be sure it’s your best work.
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Over in this corner of the forum writers are declaring their cores, the whats and wherefores of the deepest hearts of their stories. Others are coming forward to commit to providing feedback in an organized and timely manner.
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If you are serious about finishing, polishing, getting your books to the indie marketplace, waste no time in showing up here and teaming up. Indie doesn’t have to mean solitary.
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The online journal Vision: A Resource for Writers has published an article by a Sideways writer. Her article is full of tips and tricks for right brainers who find the usual left-brained organization methods to be frustrating and uncomfortable. Good stuff.
The same Sideways writer also has a book review in The Washington Independent Review of Books. She says she felt intimidated because the other reviewers on that site were massively multi-published authors. She’s already been asked to do a second review. Cool.
Stop by here to offer congratulations and ask questions about her experiences with these publications.
What elements are critical to a genre?
If you read or write in a particular genre, how about chiming in here? Fantasy? Science fiction? Mystery? Suspense? Oh, dear–literary?
How has book mapping helped you fit your work into a genre? Has book mapping convinced you that your work is a genre of its own?
Week Six of How to Think Sideways excites because it offers the student a first look at the prime target.
Come here to join the discussion.
The How to Think Sideways Walkthrough-Talkthrough is now exploring the lessons of Week 6.
Even if you’re perfectly happy with the HTTS lessons, you will find new information and new techniques in the Walkthrough. This week, the assignment is to define your core audience. Why concentrate on your core? Don’t you want everyone to love your books? What is your core? And the biggie: How can I make enough money to live on? None of those questions has an obvious answer.
Start by checking this out. Then hustle over to your classroom and dive into Lesson 6.