Comments on: Four Golden Rules https://boughanfire.com/2010/10/four-golden-rules/ Thu, 13 Jan 2022 01:40:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Rachael Harrie https://boughanfire.com/2010/10/four-golden-rules/#comment-13979 Rachael Harrie Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:27:15 +0000 http://boughanfire.com/2010/10/four-golden-rules/#comment-13979 (*bows*) LOL Tee hee, will have to share when I write my synopsis sometime too :) Rach (*bows*) LOL

Tee hee, will have to share when I write my synopsis sometime too :)

Rach

]]> By: Su https://boughanfire.com/2010/10/four-golden-rules/#comment-13958 Su Tue, 26 Oct 2010 03:01:56 +0000 http://boughanfire.com/2010/10/four-golden-rules/#comment-13958 This has nothing to do with your post. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I had a Christian-lit-related rant coming... it's posted now. Feel free to rant along, disagree, or add something. :) This has nothing to do with your post. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I had a Christian-lit-related rant coming… it’s posted now. Feel free to rant along, disagree, or add something. :)

]]> By: Faith https://boughanfire.com/2010/10/four-golden-rules/#comment-13916 Faith Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:45:11 +0000 http://boughanfire.com/2010/10/four-golden-rules/#comment-13916 Tere - I definitely agree on "be true to what techniques work for you". Not every approach is going to work for everyone, that's for sure! L'Aussie - Thank you! Thanks for visiting :) Rach - Ooh! See, I knew there were people out there that did this, I'd just never met them before. Haha. But that's really cool that it works for you. Maybe I'll try it one of these days to see if it works for me. I find the "one-sentence synopsis" keeps me on track, but I suppose that can be somewhat limiting. Thanks for sharing your process! Jenny - *waves* Hi! Nice to meet another fellow Crusader! :D Kittie - Hi! Nice to meet you too! Thanks for stopping in :) Christie - See, that I fully get! It makes sense that at some point, you really do need to wait... but initially, sending it out in batches is really the only way to ensure you're not sitting around for weeks on end. That would make the process so much more tedious than it already is! Thanks for sharing :) Petty - Hi! Thanks so much for stopping by, I appreciate it. Good to meet you! Tere – I definitely agree on “be true to what techniques work for you”. Not every approach is going to work for everyone, that’s for sure!

L’Aussie – Thank you! Thanks for visiting :)

Rach – Ooh! See, I knew there were people out there that did this, I’d just never met them before. Haha. But that’s really cool that it works for you. Maybe I’ll try it one of these days to see if it works for me. I find the “one-sentence synopsis” keeps me on track, but I suppose that can be somewhat limiting. Thanks for sharing your process!

Jenny – *waves* Hi! Nice to meet another fellow Crusader! :D

Kittie – Hi! Nice to meet you too! Thanks for stopping in :)

Christie – See, that I fully get! It makes sense that at some point, you really do need to wait… but initially, sending it out in batches is really the only way to ensure you’re not sitting around for weeks on end. That would make the process so much more tedious than it already is! Thanks for sharing :)

Petty – Hi! Thanks so much for stopping by, I appreciate it. Good to meet you!

]]> By: Petty Witter https://boughanfire.com/2010/10/four-golden-rules/#comment-13908 Petty Witter Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:28:41 +0000 http://boughanfire.com/2010/10/four-golden-rules/#comment-13908 I saw you mentioned on Su's Cheekyness site and thought I'd drop by and say hello. Nice to have met you, I've enjoyed my visit. I saw you mentioned on Su’s Cheekyness site and thought I’d drop by and say hello. Nice to have met you, I’ve enjoyed my visit.

]]> By: Christie Wright Wild https://boughanfire.com/2010/10/four-golden-rules/#comment-13885 Christie Wright Wild Sun, 24 Oct 2010 22:42:50 +0000 http://boughanfire.com/2010/10/four-golden-rules/#comment-13885 When I eventually get to the stage of having my mss polished enough to send out (they're PB's), I will send out simultaneous submissions to those publishers (I'm not querying any agents at this point) that accept them. Then I will query all those that require a query. Lastly, I will send the full ms to those publishers that will accept the ms. On this one, you HAVE to wait it out. They expect it to be exclusive. Gonna be a long process, I know. So do I send in batches? Yes at first, and then no later on. When I eventually get to the stage of having my mss polished enough to send out (they’re PB’s), I will send out simultaneous submissions to those publishers (I’m not querying any agents at this point) that accept them. Then I will query all those that require a query. Lastly, I will send the full ms to those publishers that will accept the ms. On this one, you HAVE to wait it out. They expect it to be exclusive. Gonna be a long process, I know. So do I send in batches? Yes at first, and then no later on.

]]> By: Kittie Howard https://boughanfire.com/2010/10/four-golden-rules/#comment-13882 Kittie Howard Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:05:00 +0000 http://boughanfire.com/2010/10/four-golden-rules/#comment-13882 Hi! I'm dropping in from Brenda's blog hop. Nice to meet you *waves*. Really enjoyed the points you made in today's post. Thank you! Hi! I’m dropping in from Brenda’s blog hop. Nice to meet you *waves*. Really enjoyed the points you made in today’s post. Thank you!

]]> By: Jenny Beattie https://boughanfire.com/2010/10/four-golden-rules/#comment-13809 Jenny Beattie Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:09:02 +0000 http://boughanfire.com/2010/10/four-golden-rules/#comment-13809 Hello. I'm dropping in from the Crusade. There's some very useful advice there. Thank you. Hello. I’m dropping in from the Crusade. There’s some very useful advice there. Thank you.

]]> By: Rachael Harrie https://boughanfire.com/2010/10/four-golden-rules/#comment-13792 Rachael Harrie Sat, 23 Oct 2010 09:26:35 +0000 http://boughanfire.com/2010/10/four-golden-rules/#comment-13792 I'm not a full plotter, though I'm trying to plot more these days. But I always write my query letter before I start writing my story (and after I've got a fair idea in my head of my main characters and where the plot is going). I find it so helpful to keep me on track and to keep my word count down, as I can refer back to the query if I find I'm starting to wander. The query letter will go through many revisions as my story evolves, but I wouldn't want to write without having put a draft query letter down on paper :) Rach I’m not a full plotter, though I’m trying to plot more these days. But I always write my query letter before I start writing my story (and after I’ve got a fair idea in my head of my main characters and where the plot is going). I find it so helpful to keep me on track and to keep my word count down, as I can refer back to the query if I find I’m starting to wander. The query letter will go through many revisions as my story evolves, but I wouldn’t want to write without having put a draft query letter down on paper :)

Rach

]]> By: L'Aussie https://boughanfire.com/2010/10/four-golden-rules/#comment-13766 L'Aussie Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:35:56 +0000 http://boughanfire.com/2010/10/four-golden-rules/#comment-13766 Just popped over to meet a fellow crusader. Love the look of your blog. Great writing tips! Just popped over to meet a fellow crusader. Love the look of your blog.
Great writing tips!

]]> By: Tere Kirkland https://boughanfire.com/2010/10/four-golden-rules/#comment-13747 Tere Kirkland Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:59:09 +0000 http://boughanfire.com/2010/10/four-golden-rules/#comment-13747 I don't think those are the most important rules for writers, per se, but most of them are important to remember when you're querying. Rule three is definitely one that I do BEFORE I get too far into the book, but not before I actually begin writing. I feel like I need to know a little more about the characters before I know exactly what's going to happen to them, and the only way to do that (for me) is to start writing. I would have included: Be true to what techniques work for you. Its okay to try something new, but don't force yourself to plot (or whatever) if it doesn't work for you. Very interesting post! I don’t think those are the most important rules for writers, per se, but most of them are important to remember when you’re querying.

Rule three is definitely one that I do BEFORE I get too far into the book, but not before I actually begin writing. I feel like I need to know a little more about the characters before I know exactly what’s going to happen to them, and the only way to do that (for me) is to start writing.

I would have included: Be true to what techniques work for you. Its okay to try something new, but don’t force yourself to plot (or whatever) if it doesn’t work for you.

Very interesting post!

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