tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post5798626080990996773..comments2024-03-28T07:46:42.106-04:00Comments on Margaret Moore: Rewriting and RearrangingMargaret Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11556769462995493735noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post-75703624360126581052008-02-05T09:25:00.000-05:002008-02-05T09:25:00.000-05:00Jen L - thanks! I loved Finn, too. Roslynn's the...Jen L - thanks! I loved Finn, too. Roslynn's the heroine of THE WARLORD'S BRIDE. I thought she should have her own happy ending.<BR/><BR/>Kimber -- yet again, another inspiration for a blog post! Thanks! And I'll get to that later today, I hope. <BR/><BR/>No, I've never written the ending first. I always know, though, how the story is going to end (ie. what the major dramatic lead-in to the crisis and climax and will be); it's the middle where it's more nebulous. <BR/><BR/>Rearranging and rewriting can be stressful, but in my case, they're necessary to get down deep into the story, to put situations and information where they'll have the maximum impact, and to avoid repetition. In other words, a necessary evil. :-)Margaret Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11556769462995493735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post-76302863777636763242008-02-04T15:38:00.000-05:002008-02-04T15:38:00.000-05:00MM, have you ever written the ending first? I hav...MM, have you ever written the ending first? I have a girlfriend who has written most of her romances this way and swears by it -- and as she is on book #53 or something, it certainly works for her! I just wondered, as rearranging and rewriting are the bane of my existence now, and I'm looking for tools to cut down on that time gobbler!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post-69138415548195997742008-02-04T09:33:00.000-05:002008-02-04T09:33:00.000-05:00Drat, Jen, you have to taunt me. I still haven't ...Drat, Jen, you have to taunt me. I still haven't located Knave's Honor. Every time I go to the bookstore, they're out of copies. Must be flying off the shelves.<BR/><BR/>Margaret, I enjoy hearing about how you build your books. I tend to make my heroines at first too tough, unsympathetic even. Everything is too black and white (which isn't normal either).Kimber Chinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13658012405712901099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15451736.post-47494753533782435802008-02-03T20:29:00.000-05:002008-02-03T20:29:00.000-05:00Good luck with your revisions! BTW, just bought yo...Good luck with your revisions! BTW, just bought your newest book a few days ago. I just loved it. Finn was to die for!!!<BR/>Great cover on that book too.<BR/>I never thought I would love reading historical romance this much, but getting swept up into a world of castles and knights is just so much fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com