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"What are your writing superpowers? What's your kryptonite?"
The answers for both of these questions come so easily. I have a couple superpowers: I write really fast. Seriously. I'm a plotter, so when I sit down to write, I pretty much know what I'm doing, and I can bust out a 1,700-2,200 word chapter in about an hour or less. When I encounter a block, I usually just flip to another project. I know it takes other writers longer time to get that word count, so I know I'm lucky. Of course the downside to this superpower is that I generally spend a little longer on revisions, but that's okay, because the process works for me.
My second super-power is critiquing. I think I've gotten really good at reading other's work and seeing what's working and what's not, with a perspective that I could never have with my own work. I really enjoy doing it, so much that I have to stop myself from critiquing finished books that I read!
As for my kryptonite, that's easy. Summarizing my work. I can't write a synopsis to save my life, and I know that writing a query is going to be agonizing for me, because I will go through many drafts to get it right. I know that about myself, so I'm giving myself months to get a query in shape before I actually hit start sending them.
What about you?
Ah, the dreaded summarizing. There seems to be two sides. One HUGE side that hates it and one TINY side that excels. I'm in the former, but would so, so, so love to be in the latter! (It's a really good idea to get that query ready to go months in advance!)
ReplyDeleteCritiquing is a superpower of mine as well, now that I think about it. And I love how critiquing for my CPs helps me grow as my own writer pretty much every time :)
Oy, the synopsis and the query ... jeez, I would pay to have those done for me lol
ReplyDeleteAnd I envy your critiquing power. I'm trying to learn it, to find a CP, but I confess I thought it would be easier ...
I have the same kryptonite that you do. I'm terrible at summarizing my work. Great post!
ReplyDeleteI admire your plotting superpower. I'm a pantser.
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