Status Updates From GMC: Goal, Motivation and C...

ah!! i finished this book!!!!
excitingggggg

will definitely have a lot to plan and prepare for and account for when starting maeve’s story

“Your internal beliefs are more important. You shouldn't superimpose someone else's system of
moral beliefs over what you know to be right and true.”

what is this therapy session 💀💀💀😭😭

this book is js so freaking helpful. i realize that i do have a lot of things to learn and implement in order to write what i wanna write the way i wanna write it

“When you work on your opening scene keep these things in mind. You need an event or circumstance.”

wait. this.

i also didn’t think about action in chapter 1. i need to. ACTION IS THE KEY IN BOOKS.

literally speechless. a scene is not what i imagined—but now i realized that i actually LOVE scenes and the lack of them is what i call “bad prose” (at least part of it)

now i know what i need to master in my own writing. it feels SO nice to have the language and be able to google the exact thing i need

“A scene is action. A scene happens. It is not a lengthy explanation of what happened. Or what will happen. Or even a big stretch of internal dialogue. It's not wonderfully evocative
description or exposition or backstory.”

WOWWWWW

just realized that many books lack scenes 😳 HELP???
this is SO important tho wowwwwww

“Very few books are written entirely in scenes. Most writers have a blend of narrative, internal monologue, description, etc”

WHAT?????? THOSE THINGS ARENT PART OF THE SCENE???? WHAT

WHAT THE HELL IS A SCENE THEN HUH???

“What's freedom if not the chance to participate
in the world? To make a difference? To protect the ones you love? To be a part of something instead of isolated?”

oh this just—

js realized my tentative outline doesn’t even have the climax like 🤣

The climax of a book is frequently referred to as a "big black moment" or crisis. The moment at which the character realizes all may be lost. The final moment which determines whether or not
your character will achieve his goal.”

YAH NO I DONT HAVE THAT HELP

ahhh! yay! 60%

question: any chance i can finish the book tmrw? 😅 i def can read 20% after work, but can i read 20% AT WORK???

id love to wrap this up asap

definitely will try!!!

yay, goal complete!

Will take a short break and will start a new chapter (will try to finish it as well)

“Conflicts test your character. Characters who are tested usually experience character growth.”

THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD EXPLANATION OF WHY CONFLICT MATTERS

“The Witch is what Dorothy must overcome to get back home to Kansas.”

aka the thing that the character needs to overcome/face in order to reach the goal is the conflict

cu yah no im serious i wanna finish this book this week and understanding conflict next week and create story conflict the week after. TOGJT SCHEDUKE TIGHT SCHEDULE TIGHT SCHEDULE!

need to get to 56% tmrw ! aka read two chapters !