Nancy Brophy, Romance Author
2 B A Published Writer Board Game
2 B A Published Writer
A Board Game
Turn it
over in
your mind
Discuss it with friends, family...
Strangers on the street
Dance of happiness.
Envision fame and
fortune
Edit 5 pages. Erase 4
BACK 3
FAMILY VACATION
Don't write for
6 weeks
BACK 3
RESEARCH
Don't write for 6 weeks.
BACK TO
START
Join a critique group
AHEAD
2
Finish Chapter One
Move to Plotting
Wealth and Riches lay ahead
Write 25 page synopsis AHEAD 3
Lose Interest in writing plotted story - BACK TO START
Write 3 pages a day for 2 weeks.
AHEAD 2
Don't write for 6 weeks
BACK 5
Write 150 pages - figure out characters - plot
AHEAD 4
Throw out 150 pages
BACK TO START
Make a story board using 26 colors of sticky notes
Lose interest in writing story boarded story
BACK TO START
Make a story board using 26 colors of sticky notes.
Plot and write to first turning point
MOVE TO CRAFT
Pitch to Editor at a conference
MOVE TO CRAFT
Editor rejects - throw manuscript away
Return to real life
Decide Erotica is easier
BACK TO START
Missing Conflict
BACK TO PLOTTING
Develop a Blog on Writing
AHEAD 2
Blogging takes up all your time, but it feels like you're writing
Finish first draft
MOVE TO EDITING
layer in 5 senses, setting as character, visceral reactions AHEAD 3
Reread story. Do no Editing. Story is perfect
BACK TO CRAFT
Alpha Hero too chatty
Heroine TSTL
BACK 3
Contest criticism hurts. Stop writing for 2 months.
Don't understand
show v. tell
BACK TO CRAFT
write
THE END
-
MOVE TO
PUBLISHING
Query 50 agents and 10 editors
Paper your
bathroom
with
rejection
letters
Shove manuscript
under bed.
Return to
real life
repeat
repeat
repeat
repeat
Editor likes you
Agent likes you
YOU WIN!!!
Now
the real
work
begins
