Lesson 2 Assignments

[Timothy Barley]

Tim Barley’s Finished Act 1 FIRST DRAFT

What I learned from doing this assignment is that this is DEFINITELY a first draft. The high speed writing rules helped immensely and kept me from trying to edit as I went. Notes were made off to the sides, but cruising through based on my outline made writing Act 1 a breeze!

[Elizabeth Dickinson]

Elizabeth Dickinson’s Teaser / High Speed Writing

(I reversed the teaser and Act 1 forum posting…sorry – the audios are presented in a different order in each module, so it gets confusing about the order of things…)

What I learned from doing this is that even with an outline that there are a lot of different ways to treat and to write the teaser…

[Laurie Brown]

Laurie Brown Finished Act 1 FIRST DRAFT

What I learned from this assignment is that I love speed writing.

[Avi K]

Avi Kapurala’s Finished Act 1 First Draft

My pilot seems far from good, but I’m trying to imbibe the speed-writing rules and embracing positive talk! It’s a first draft and will get better.

[Wendy Weising]

Wendy Weising’s Finished Act 1 First Draft

What I learned doing this assignment is that I’m really enjoying this.

It is all about the amount of work that you put into the outline. You can write fast, if you have a structure in place. New insights do come too–that make it better.

[P.G. Sundling]

What I learned doing this assignment: My plan from almost 10 years is finally coming to pass. I wrote my novel to feel like a screenplay and it’s made it much easier to adapt. I’ve been able to cut and paste description and dialogue then make small tweaks.

I’m ten times the writer I was when I wrote this part of the book. I’ve been able to add more precise visual anchors and improvements to already solid dialogue. I will backport this into my book when I do my hyperactive edition.

High-speed writing rules are going to come in handy for my next novel after the outline is solid.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by  P.G. Sundling.