Today Rob and I went to an all-day workshop presented by Margie Lawson, called "Empowering Characters' Emotions." (Hint: the workshop is available as an online class at www.writeruniv.com probably well worth it.) I knew this was going to be a fun workshop when we were instructed to bring with us three chapters of a work in progress, five different colors of highlighter, and a red pen.
Now, I've analyzed books (mine as well as others') with highlighters before. But Margie had us tracking some slightly different aspects--things like nonverbal communication and what she calls "visceral" reactions. It was eye-opening--really. As many years as I've been attending writing workshops, it's unusual these days for me to hear something new. But I liked this and I might even use it.
The picture above is my first couple of pages after I got done. We worked all afternoon and I really only got done with about eight pages--it's work!
We stopped in at Microcenter to look at the $399 laptop but decided it didn't have enough oomph for us. Then I bought a wireless card for my baby computer, but I couldn't get it to work. The computer is really old, so I guess there was a compatibility problem.
We ate leftovers in front of the TV and watched another episode of "Firefly." I'm still not sure I like this show, but I like it enough to keep watching. Later I worked on a mosaic project.
A full day. I even cleaned the kitchen, which was starting to get pretty extreme.
Oh, you have until midnight tonight to enter my contest! (that's midnight 3/31). www.karalennox.com, click on the contest link.
Thanks for visiting,
Kara
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