The Results of My Writing Experiment
November 29, 2008 by Lillie
Joanna Young’s theme this month at Confident Writing is Experimenting, and she is sponsoring a group writing project: The Results of My Writing Experiment.
My first reaction was that I had nothing to contribute to this project because I wasn’t doing any experimenting in my writing. Then I realized that I have recently started doing two new things here at A Writer’s Words, An Editor’s Eye.
I posted my first book review, ironically a review of a book on how to write reviews, The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing
I have also conducted my first author interviews, though the posts haven’t appeared yet. The interview of contemporary romance author Janet Kaderli is scheduled for next week, and an interview of one of the characters in A Village Shattered by Jean Henry Mead is scheduled for the following week. Interviewing a character in the book instead of the author was a fun experiment.
Although it’s a little early to report any results from my experimentation with reviews and interviews, I think I’m going to enjoy doing both!
Have you experimented with your writing?
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Lillie, thanks for sharing these experiments!
One of the things I love about blogging is that there are so many opportunities to experiment and play, to watch what others do, to try something out, to learn from feedback, and to adapt techniques to suit our own style.
Thanks for taking part
Joanna
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Joanna,
Thanks for sponsoring this group writing project and getting me to think about experimenting.
Each book I write is an experiment. I try to write novels that are different and relative to what people are concerned about. And I’m looking forward to your interview with my mystery novel character, Micki Lagundos, Lillie. My stop here will be on December 11, and my blog tour schedule for Dec. 1-15 is posted at my blog site: http://myblogtour.blogspot.com/ along with a virtual guestbook and book trailer for my new novel, A Village Shattered.
Jean
Jean Henry Mead
Jean,
I’m looking forward to your—and Micki’s—visit.
Reviewing is an art that isn’t that easy.But you make them appear to be so easy.I am highly amazed with your naaration style.
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Sam,
Reviewing isn’t easy, but I learned so much from the book The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing.
Hi Lillie! A couple of months ago, I attended a writers’ conference, and one of the speakers encouraged us to use more dialogue, even in nonfiction. I write a weekly newspaper column, and the increase in dialogue has really added a fun dimension!
Also, I am branching out! I have written mystery books for kids, but now, I’m attempting a mystery series for grown ups. Should be fun!
Renae,
Your experiment in dialogue in nonfiction is interesting. It would add interest.
Your mystery series sounds exciting. Keep me posted on how it goes.
Well, Lillie. Every time I read your post, you’re always motivated me to try somethng new about it and you’ve grabbed my attention here again!
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wilson,
It’s fun to try new things. It’s exciting when they work and a learning experiment when they don’t.
Sounds very exciting. Am looking forward to updates
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Ray,
You’ll be seeing more reviews and interviews coming soon. You can be the judge of how effective they are—I always welcome feedback.
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