That Frank Peretti Thing

 

Hello again! I am pulling an all-nighter to work on my story, but I am taking a short break and decided to share a random thought that has crossed my mind on multiple occasions over the years. When I was in high school, I read a good deal of Frank Peretti's books. I found his writing excellent, and still do, and for this reason I analyzed his stories. That is how I discovered that in all of the books I read by him, whether it was consistent with the character or not, a character was bound to use the phrase "Hoo boy!" Was it missed in the editing, or was it intentional? Until this very day I question is it secretly his personal stamp that says Frank Peretti saw himself most in that character as opposed to the others, or did he just write that because he had not considered another expression at the time. If you're reading this Frank Peretti, I hope you will answer my question.

   That is all! Write well friends!

~Mrs. Sarchet

From Scene to Shining Scene

Hello!

It has been a while since I updated on my writing journey. I am happy to say that I am still chugging along. Like most writers there are times when I suffer writer's block, but I have been determined to have periods of writer's block kept short. There are two major things that have helped me. The first is that I have chosen to remain consumed by my story. In whatever I do, I ask myself if there are any elements I can incorporate into my story. When I am out and about, I ask myself what my characters would be doing if they were here. The second is I have been writing out scenes regardless of where they fall in the story. More often than not I envision a scene before I have a full context as to where it should fall, and I have found that if I write it out then it inspires me to write another scene. Then I can connect them like puzzle pieces. I know that not every scene I write will make it to the final cut, but it helps me to understand where I should go next with the story.

Basically...

I am always either thinking about writing my story actively writing it. I am just grateful for the writing journey I am on. 

Write well friends!

~Mrs. Sarchet

The Pieces of Me

Hello there!

I am still working on my story, and it is going well so far, I believe. One thing about writing that I love is developing my characters. When I write, I throw a bit of me into all of them, but there is a challenge in that I do not want them to be truly me. My characters are different from me and this requires research. I mentioned in my last post that it is an AMBW (Asian Man, Black Woman) romance, and while I do have the perspective of a black woman, there are aspects of the female lead character's life that are drastically different from my own, and as for the male lead, I could glean from my husband's experience, but he is not the same man as my male lead character. So, I go out into the world gleaning from the stories of others, studying lives similar to the world my character's experience with full hope that I do them a great justice. As it is fiction, there is much I can and have made up, for example the locations are fictional, but I resist the temptation to be so lazy that it does not make sense to the world how these characters should be. That is my heart towards this story. I appreciate you all for reading this, as I chug along to create my book.

Write well friends!

~ Mrs. Sarchet

 

On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!

I began writing a romance novel last November and it has been a real challenge for me. Firstly, romance is not my forte. I can give darkness and gore in any story with ease, but to have love as a central theme would take a miracle of God to come from my hand. However, last November, after watching a slew of Chinese dramas, I finally thought to take my pen to task and write the type of story that led me to meeting my now husband, an AMBW (Asian Man, Black Woman) love story. Yes, the idea of writing an AMBW story is what eventually lead me to meeting my husband, but that is neither here nor there. It has been difficult to just begin this story as I am now on re-write 9,673,452 of section one, but today I feel confident that I have found the best way for me to begin my story, and so I am off to the races! One of the most difficult parts of writing for someone who is serious about writing, can just be getting the story started. It has been my issue for decades. While I am not famous, I have written blogs and short stories, and a book that did not turn out quite as I wished and unless I decide to edit it, it will never see the light of day. Yet, I am a writer. I feel strongly that this may be my first published novel and so I am blogging the journey to remind myself one day of what it took to get there. As for me, getting past this block took listening to music that made me think of my story, watching and reading more love stories so that my mind would be saturated in thoughts of love, and drinking enough coffee that it possibly has replaced the blood in my body. If you are a fellow writer reading this, I hope you consider saturating yourself with the type of themes you are attempting to write about as it may help if you are struggling to just write the story. If future me is reading this, I pray this endeavor will give you what you always needed. The one thing your dad saw in you, but did not fully understand. The talent that came from your soul.

Write Well Friends,

Mrs. Sarchet