by LoriBenton | Apr 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
I identify with that feeling of despair in seeing some scenes hit the cutting room floor. There’s one, out of all the scenes and parts of scenes I’ve cut from several novels, that haunts me still and I’m determined to slip back in between the pages one day, if given a...
by LoriBenton | Mar 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
Today was a productive writing day. What that means for me is over 2000 new words on the page that didn’t exist when I got out of bed this morning to turn off the 5am alarm. It also means I stayed focused. It means I sat here in this increasingly padded chair...
by LoriBenton | Mar 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Thanks to everyone who paid an extra visit to this blog yesterday, to help skooch me up over the 10,000 hit mark. Very silly of me and very kind of you! I appreciate everyone who visits, reads, and comments here. It’s been a interesting few years, keeping up a...
by LoriBenton | Mar 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
Having reached the customary point in my first draft where I start fretting about rising word count (roughly seven chapters in), I needed this timely reminder from author Patti Hill, over at the excellent Novel Matters blog today. Taming The Perfectionist Monster...
by LoriBenton | Mar 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Pressing on despite not being able to see the path ahead can be hard. And a little scary. It’s where I am right now in regards to writing. I’ve been in a working and waiting mode for so long I’m not sure I’ll know how to “be”...
