Writing Pep Talk from Me to Me
OMG I do NOT feel like writing today. What is that all about?? What is this resistance? Write the chapter, Lisa. Write 1500 words and...
Notes from My Writing Journal: Walking with Elise
Chapter 7, baby!! Okay, what happens next? We need Karina and Richard in the same room again. Actually, I probably need a chapter about...
Notes from My Writing Journal: The Woman at the Door
I found these pages from my writing journal, a scene from EVERY NOTE PLAYED that never even made it into the first draft. It has its...
A Day in the Writing Life: Chapter 9 of EVERY NOTE PLAYED
From my writing journal…. Okay, clearly I need some time with no kids to bang out some chapters. 9am-noon isn’t enough right now. I’m...
Beginning Book 5
After many months of research, and writing bits of this and that, I need to start chapter 1, the legit beginning of this next book. SO...
Lisa's 6 Rules of Research
1. Do your homework before you involve other people, especially professionals or experts. Don’t use any minutes of the one hour you have...
Lisa's 10 Rules of Writing
1. Show up and stay there. Stay in your seat. Nothing is coming to you, you say? You’re staring at a blank page or the blinking cursor on...
Chapter 11: Writing Fiction Is Not For Sissies
Today I began chapter 11 of book 4 (still untitled). Here’s an excerpt from the writing I did before the writing: Okay, this chapter...
Book #4: In Progress
I’m concerned about this book on a number of structural levels. Let’s list them here on paper so they’re not all knocking around in my...
Book #4: Chapter 7
A page taken from my writing journal, 9/17/13 Joe and Rosie are at MGH in Boston, heading into the Wang Building. Joe has been to the ER...
