Oops. I thought we’d reached the end of the storyline about Agnes writing her first novel. I was wrong:
Agnes by Tony Cochran
The obvious reaction would be to scoff at Agnes for her lack of gumption. She’s a quitter! I mean, of course a novel requires lots of words and of course writing those many, many words can sometimes feel like drudgery. But then I thought back to what I’d accomplished on my revisions over the past two days and realized that I, too, am a sentencist. I spent hours writing and rewriting the same lines, trying to find the tone and rhythm I need in order to revise the entire novel. My word count for those days is pretty minuscule. On the other hand, I finally produced the sentences I needed in order to move forward.
For the time being, I’m satisfied with my status as sentencist; I just have to remember that eventually those sentences need to come together to form a novel and that ideally the novel will be completed in this lifetime.
Tracy Abell 
You have me hooked on Agnes… I am rooting for her!! and for US!!!! WE CAN DO IT!!!
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These have been so cute.
I have many days I’m a sentencist.
I rewrite a sentence innumerable times.
Sometimes I move on or walk away, glad that the sentence is a place marker, waiting for my return to find the correct sentence!
Do sentences haunt you?
The ones that are like a rock in my shoe that I can’t dislodge?
Yes. I’m dealing with a sentence today….
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These have been so cute.
I have many days I’m a sentencist.
I rewrite a sentence innumerable times.
Sometimes I move on or walk away, glad that the sentence is a place marker, waiting for my return to find the correct sentence!
Do sentences haunt you?
The ones that are like a rock in my shoe that I can’t dislodge?
Yes. I’m dealing with a sentence today….
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I’m a blob-ist. I throw out a big blob of crap and then I get a pair of tweezers and pick the sentences out of it. I’m hoping to find an easier way for my next novel.
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That’s exactly how I do it.
Not big blobs. Little bits of blobs. The sentences are easier to tweeze and tease out that way.
Like you, I want to find an easier way to do it for my next project. OR…this one, even better.
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LOL
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That’s exactly how I do it.
Not big blobs. Little bits of blobs. The sentences are easier to tweeze and tease out that way.
Like you, I want to find an easier way to do it for my next project. OR…this one, even better.
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I’m cheering you on, Tracy!
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I’m a sentencist this week, as I revise. Mostly, I’m like Jennifer and newport the blob-ists. Great swatches of crap get thrown onto paper, then I hack away, finally I pull out the tweezers.
It takes anywhere from five to eight revisions for me to get the tweezers out, though. *sigh*
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>>It takes anywhere from five to eight revisions for me to get the tweezers out, though.<<
Yep, me too. Surely there’s an easier way to write a book. Then again, maybe we’re doing it right. Ya think?
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I’m a sentencist this week, as I revise. Mostly, I’m like Jennifer and newport the blob-ists. Great swatches of crap get thrown onto paper, then I hack away, finally I pull out the tweezers.
It takes anywhere from five to eight revisions for me to get the tweezers out, though. *sigh*
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>>It takes anywhere from five to eight revisions for me to get the tweezers out, though.
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