11th Free Dear Lucky Agent Contest (Middle Grade Fiction)

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11th Free “Dear Lucky Agent†Contest (Middle Grade Fiction)

Dreams and writing

So I have been trying to finish rewriting my first chapter of my MG novel, but then read advice that once you finish a novel, you should read it once through without trying to fix anything.

Tried to do that tonight and I CAN'T STOP MARKING EVERYTHING UP WITH HIGHLIGHTER OR MY FAVORITE ORANGE PEN!

Which is making me feel like I'm going crazy, and impatient at my own slowness, because I can't finish reading it through, becuase I'm going ORANGE PEN CRAZY!

So, then I find myself stopped completely and try to dive into more advice on the web on editing. And voila! Sanity is given. I found wise direction to completely put the manuscript in a drawer and walk away.

And work on another project or do anything else that is not about that manuscript that I just hid from myself.

DON'T even think about it!

Then after a week or so with fresh eyes sit and read it through. With no orange pen or highlighter in the vicinity.

Okay. So this is the plan. I have put it away and I will not think about. Not even once! Nope. Not once.... :/

So here enters my dream. Last night I actually had a dream about a boy named Jake. (Husband doesn't have to worry it wasn't that kind of dream!)

The dream was vivid and crazy! I don't write YA but man, this dream was action packed with killing and family lineage stuff I couldn't even create on my own! I told it to my coworkers at work today and they all said. WRITE IT DOWN!

So, I guess I am writing my first novel with a male protaganist. Crazy! I already wrote 2000 words. Maybe I can reach 5000 tonight!

We'll see, but man, Jake is damn interesting! Will keep you posted on how this goes and in one week I'll reread my finished mani and see how that goes... Dun-dun-nuh~. Lol

First Read

Wow! What the crap did I write! That's all she wrote :(:.. So far OH SO! NO GOOD! Yikes!

I guess that is why they say revise, revise, revise! Wishing I had a Edit partner.

My Writing Progress

AAAHHHHH Just finished first draft!!! I can't believe it.  Printing now... Crap now the hard part!  BUT LOVING IT!  YEAH!!!!

WOW! Look at me... I haven't posted in forever now I have two great things in one night to share!!! WOOHOO!  Yes I woohoo'd!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON FRIDAYS?

Okay, even if you are one of the cool ones with a bazillion friends and so many cool things to do, I highly recommend you take ten minutes to hang with Kristin!  That is who I spend every Friday with for at least ten minutes. (Actually, sometimes almost every day while driving!) 

Who is this Kristin?  

It's AGENT KRISTIN! of Nelson Literary Agency and she hosts a video blog on YouTube and she is amazing!  Lately she missed a couple of Fridays, (boohoohoo) but I listen to her last 8 videos over and over and over and over and over again. ;D  You get the picture.

She really breaks it down from should you do a Prologue, breakdown of what is Middle Grade, Word Counts, Pitches Vs Synopsis, and just plain ole' amazing advice of how to just write better.  She is like a mini university and it's free!  Love her and her pithy way of speaking about writing.  It is so empowering!

Now, stop reading how wonderful she is and GO CHECK IT OUT YOURSELF!

Just google "Friday's with Agent Kristen" on YouTube and voila!  University Kristin!

or click below!

http://www.youtube.com/user/77881122

And she also has a blog Pub Rants, so check that out too! 

http://pubrants.blogspot.com/

Or check her out at Nelson Literary Agency

http://www.nelsonagency.com/

She sounds like an amazing Agent as well, so check her out and learn my padowans!