I am snowed in. It has actually been fun except for the guilt I have that I’ve not kept posts up to date here. So today the snow is sticking around and more cold weather on the way. I’ve made some headway though (hooray).
A chapter almost done in the next work in progress. This next book will continue with Nightingale as the hero and last night I saw that the Rodriquez brothers are needed. I should clarify that the brothers are known for their tracking abilities. They came to life in the first Nightingale book which has not been published. This is a clue to myself that things are coming together. However, I needed to be sure that all was well so I consulted one of my favorite bloggers, K. M. Weiland, https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/ She has a fantastic blog about writing and says some of the secrets to good storytelling are:
- Every piece must contribute to the plot;
- Plot must contribute to the theme;
- Stuff can’t happen just to have stuff happen;
- Characters must change; and
- Realistic cause and effect must arise from character motivation.
