{"id":64,"date":"2016-01-09T21:07:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T21:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beckywade.com\/home\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:48:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:48:26","slug":"for-writers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beckywade.com\/home\/for-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"For Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome, fellow writers!\u00a0 We\u2019re an interesting breed, aren\u2019t we?\u00a0 Always an oddity at dinner parties, usually introverted, frequently lost in our own world, sometimes overwhelmed with stress, smart (well, just saying), creative, rarely understood except by other writers, and brave (because in attempting to pen novels we\u2019re attempting an extraordinarily difficult task).
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I\u2019ve written several blog posts on writing, covering everything from issues of craft to issues of the heart.\u00a0 I\u2019ve compiled my posts in the Pinterest board below.\u00a0 In order to view the full board, click where it says \u2018For Writers’ beneath ‘Christian Romance Author Becky Wade\u2019.\u00a0 Once you\u2019ve arrived at Pinterest, click on any of my posts two times, and you\u2019ll be taken to the article.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Further down on this page, you\u2019ll find that I\u2019ve opened up a few of my computer files to you… just in case you\u2019re interested in knowing more about my writing process, my system of \u2018interviewing my characters\u2019, and the dreaded synopsis.<\/span><\/p>\n

My Writing Process<\/span><\/h5>\n

My novels begin with one small seed of an idea.\u00a0 My Stubborn Heart began with the idea for a ex-hockey player hero who\u2019d been devastated by the loss of his wife.\u00a0 Everything else came gradually, layer upon layer, from that one initial thought.\u00a0 It\u2019s like a spiderweb that starts off with a tiny strand, and then (with lots of work and time) that strand is built into something much, much bigger and more complex.
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Once I have my idea, I begin to imagine both my hero and my heroine.\u00a0 When I\u2019ve got a fairly good grasp on who they are, I give them each an \u2018interview\u2019.\u00a0 My particular list of interview questions came from an article in a very old Romance Writer\u2019s Report magazine.\u00a0 If I still had that magazine I would credit the author!\u00a0 I typed her suggested interview questions into a document file on my computer years ago and I\u2019ve used them on every hero and heroine I\u2019ve ever written since.\u00a0 Thinking through the answers to each of the questions really helps me understand my hero and heroine better and more deeply.\u00a0 It also helps me hear and see them.\u00a0 As I move through the novel, I consult those interviews now and then.\u00a0 For one thing, I want to make sure I\u2019m staying on track.\u00a0 For another, the interviews jog my memory about a facet of the hero or heroine\u2019s character that I\u2019d wanted to bring to light.
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Before beginning the first chapter, I type up a simple bullet point list of every big and pivotal scene that I can envision for the book.\u00a0 That\u2019s my road map.\u00a0 The list may start off short, but over the course of the book it grows and grows as new ideas for scenes drop into my mind.\u00a0 As I go, I switch the font color of the scenes I\u2019ve completed to red.\u00a0 Making that simple change gives me a sense of satisfaction and progress.\u00a0 Also, it\u2019s a quick visual clue to show me where I am in the book and how many scenes I have remaining.\u00a0 I often cut and paste scenes from one location in my list to another.\u00a0 Nothing is set in stone.\u00a0 It\u2019s really a matter of feeling out where each scene fits best and where it will hopefully have the most impact.\u00a0 Some scenes on my list never get written because I end up merging the purpose behind them into another scene or I realize that they\u2019re too inconsequential to matter.\u00a0 Some scenes I do write and then delete later for the same reasons.
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Once I have my list of scenes, I begin the first chapter.\u00a0 Personally, I write my books in four sections – four separate documents – and I shoot to make each section one hundred pages long.
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If it were up to me, I\u2019d never write a synopsis (a long outline of the book written in paragraph form).\u00a0 But, of course, a synopsis is an important tool for any a writer who wishes to market and sell her manuscript.
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Just in case someone out there is interested, here\u2019s a glimpse into a few of my computer files.\u00a0 Below, you’ll find my character interview questions, my synopsis for\u00a0<\/span>My Stubborn Heart, <\/span>and my synopsis for <\/span>Undeniably Yours<\/span>.\u00a0 Astute readers will notice that some details changed between the synopsis and the finalized book.\u00a0 Click the below to view….
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Character Interview<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n

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My Stubborn Heart’s Synopsis<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n

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Undeniably Yours’ Synopsis<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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