Last week a fellow author showed us a writing exercise he recently participated in. As preparation for an upcoming workshop, he condensed the entire opening chapter of his work-in-progress to 150 words.
The chapter was already powerful. The 150-word version was dynamite.
I’m going to try it. Here on the blog. Because I can, and because I love the idea of practicing where I can get good feedback.
While I finish the rewrite of my own current work-in-progress, I’m creating space under my ‘bits of my writing’ page for these exercises. The exercises will show up as posts first and then as links on that page.
Just for fun, they’ll be moments in the life of Lily, the heroine from my first two books. I don’t know if the exercises will make much sense, or if they’ll ever grow into anything more than exercises. To be honest, I don’t expect them to.
I do, however, plan on having a lot of fun. 🙂
Gwen Bristol 