I'm working on the type of book that I would like to read. I love sitting in a room surrounded by books and a nice warm fireplace. I love a good book that will remove me from the elements and embrace me from cover to cover. I love a book that will make you forget every detail of your real life, for as long as you are able to escape. Or even better, make you stay longer that you had planned and even interrupt your sleeping time because you have to know what is going to happen and how it all ends.
I think it is important to know the feel of your book, almost as much as you know your plot, outline and characters. You can escape into any books whether they are Romance, Murder Mystery or a Sci-Fi - the genre doesn't matter. It is how it is written and what you want your readers to see, feel, taste and touch with your words.
Every day we tell stories - I don't mean lies or fabrications, I mean the stories of our lives and the moments within them. When we are relating our day to our spouses or relaying information to a friend or a child. The way we tell the details are what provides the fabric of what we are trying to say. Writing is the same - except we are typing the words that are in our heads and we must wait much longer for any feedback. Perhaps that provides us with a security blanket to say all the things we really want to say, because time will create enough distance to get us through any sort of criticism.
What would you write today if you knew that nobody would edit it or provide feedback for 30 days? Would you be more free than if you were verbally speaking to someone? Think of how much easier it is to have bad conversations over the phone or even via email. How much easier then is it to silence the inner editor by putting words down on paper that they won't even know about for an entire month?
Sounds like fun to me... and I can't wait to get started.
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