Today, I went to Castle Lodge to meet Maureen Blundell. She is an editor but runs workshops every so often.
She agreed to meet me and look over the first 2,000 words of Drift. It was really useful sitting with someone and discussing my work. Although, Maureen was constructive in her criticism, she still managed to be motivating about my writing and ambitions and offered excellent industry advice about publishers that would be interested in my chosen genre.
Despite coming away feeling like I had a lot of work to do, I felt really confident and positive. I know I am one step closer to my dream.
The general feedback was regarding my tenses - a known problem. It was interseting to find that I over explain some things. Her insight on what information was important at the start and what wasn't was useful. We discussed how I could include the removed parts later on if they were important. She suggested that the story needed to make it more clear that 'Fern isn't your average girl' and we discussed ways of doing this without slowing the pace of the story. Sometimes it felt like brainstorming. My head was buzzing by the end, with so many ideas that I almost didn't attend the evening social.
I would definitley have a one-to-one with Maureen again. And, I would definitely recommend her to other serious writers.
She agreed to meet me and look over the first 2,000 words of Drift. It was really useful sitting with someone and discussing my work. Although, Maureen was constructive in her criticism, she still managed to be motivating about my writing and ambitions and offered excellent industry advice about publishers that would be interested in my chosen genre.
Despite coming away feeling like I had a lot of work to do, I felt really confident and positive. I know I am one step closer to my dream.
The general feedback was regarding my tenses - a known problem. It was interseting to find that I over explain some things. Her insight on what information was important at the start and what wasn't was useful. We discussed how I could include the removed parts later on if they were important. She suggested that the story needed to make it more clear that 'Fern isn't your average girl' and we discussed ways of doing this without slowing the pace of the story. Sometimes it felt like brainstorming. My head was buzzing by the end, with so many ideas that I almost didn't attend the evening social.
I would definitley have a one-to-one with Maureen again. And, I would definitely recommend her to other serious writers.
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