The retreat was great! Everyone gave a little 'class' on different aspects of the writing process (query letters, character bible, metaphor and symbolism, writer's block, etc).
We read aloud some of our pages (which I highly recommend), and did a couple of writing exercises.
One of my favorite exercises is this: we all put 3 characters into a hat and draw out 3 random characters (make sure you don't get your own). From there, we have to write up a scene with the characters and then we read them aloud to the group. The situations are so unlikely, and usually the characters end up out of character, and we laugh until our sides are sore. ^_^
It was an awesome weekend and I'm energized to do more work on my book(s).
Thanks CRAMP-ers!
No comments:
Post a Comment