La Vie Boheme

Well, I've been thinking about

Well, I've been thinking about The Host all day (surprise, surprise), and already the enormous flaws in the manuscript are leaping out at me. However, rather than itching to dive in and fix it, I'm despairing a little. :P I started thinking about the whole process though, and I realized there are a lot of things I learned.

Things I learned writing The Host:

1. I really can write a story long enough to fill a novel!
   
2. There's something exhilarating about writing at a breakneck pace and a devil-may-care attitude.
   
3. An outline might not be such a bad thing next time. I had to outline everything for Tribe 8, and the writing and editing went very smooth for the most part.
   
4. Writing really is something I enjoy doing.
   
5. Stealing from one's own real life is not only acceptable, it's downright necessary sometimes.
   
6. Anything can be used as inspiration.

I'm sure I'll add more later as they occur to me...

Posted by Lisa at April 19, 2002 05:34 PM