Monday, March 31, 2008

Top Ten Things That Make Your Wip Rock!

I wasn't experienceing writers block exactly. I was just having a lack of enthusiasm for what I was writing. So I decided to think up ten reasons why I love my book and see if it got me back to writing. And you know what? It worked! So here's the top ten reasons I'm writing my WIP again:
1)Brooding hero
2)Heroine's nine older brothers
3) Crazy uncle
4)Friends
5)The black moment
6)First kiss in the moonlight
7)Prunella and John
8)The heroine's nine older brothers
9)The Lady of the Lake
10)Bath(place or thing? You decide)
11)The heroine's nine older brothers!!!(This one just sort of crept up on me.lol)

So, this week ,tell me ,what are the top ten things that make your WIP rock?
What you write just might surprise you.

16 comments:

Stephanie said...

9 brothers...omg! I love that!

Hmm. For me:
1. Aunt Margaret
2. Suffrage, education, reforms, oh my!
3. The heroine for her strength and stubbornness
4. The hero. I have the perfect image of who he is.
5. Victorian research
6. Botany
7. The Big Fight
8. Dragon mothers
9. Noelle.
10. Making things not as they seem

Kelly Krysten said...

Oh, that sounds awesome Stephanie! I can't wait to read it! I especially love the: suffrage, education, reforms, oh my! lol.

Mary Danielson said...

Oh fabulous idea! Let's see...

1. The Voice
2. Statues of St. Bernards
3. Jenny Daviditz, crazy roommate
4. Sexual Tension!
5. Beginning of Term Parties
6. Robin Hood
7. Love Triangles
8. Twinkies
9. Heroes with "Authority Issues"
10. Vintage Dior cocktail dresses


...and I really want to know about the 9 brothers now!

Kelly Krysten said...

Mary! That sounds awesome! I especially love the vintage dior cocktail dresses. And I'm really wondering about the Voice.

Gillian Layne said...

Yikes! 10? Ok--

1. ice storms
2. huge shaggy dogs
3. irrepressible servents
4. shadowed alchoves
5. bath (can I steal???)
6. babies
7. sisters
8. astronomy
9. black moments
10.happy ever afters...

This was a great idea, Kelly. :)

Kelly Krysten said...

Hey gillian! And,yes,you can steal.lol. Huge shaggy dogs, eh? Sounds great! All of it sounds great. I'm so glad everyone is having fun with this.

J.K. Coi said...

I can so do this:
1) Sarah
2) Dorian
3) Sarah and Dorian
4) Smart women who totally kick ass
5) Toronto location
6) Sarcasm
7) Witty dialogue
8) Life and death
9) Armageddon
10) Happily ever after

Kelly Krysten said...

I love the Smart Women Who Totally Kick Ass. Reminds me of us.lol.

Marnee Jo said...

Oohhh.... This sounds fun.
1. Bumbling heroine, Cory
2. Julian (sigh)
3. Aunt Lotty, that aunt who says exactly what she thinks
4. Late night snacking
5. Historical heroine who saves lives
6. Witches
7. Girls who eat when they're hungry
8. Whodunit
9. Dance scene
10. Paranormal without being too dark

Kelly Krysten said...

Girls who eat when they're hungry sounds good to me.lol. Your story really sounds wonderful!

Marnee Jo said...

I hope it is. It isn't now, but I hope it is sometime soon. :)

Terry Stone said...

Kelly, great idea! it's always great to look on the positive side, especially when deep, deep in revisions!

1. Cal Holton
2. Mistaken identities
3. Mattie Sinclair
4. Gun wielding prostitutes
5. A week alone in a snow storm
6. Measuring for pants (I think this may be my favorite scene!)
7. Growing attractions
8. Arrival of heroine's father
9. Matchmaking townspeople
10. Being almost finished with revisions!!

How fun that was. I am at the point where I am heartily sick of them and want to move on to the next story-so thank you for making me think of what I love about it.

Kelly Krysten said...

I'm happy to remind you of what you love about your story, Terry!
This has been a fun post to do. Finding out the deatials of other people's stories and shamelessly putting mine out there.lol. Mattie Sinclair, now that is a name I love. Your story sounds like a western. Is it? I so love westerns. They're my favorite type of romance novels, but I can rarely find them anywhere. And congrats on being almost done with revisions!!! I'm almost to revisions, again... It seems like each time I rewrite I just need to revise again. But this time should be my second to last round of revisions and my very last rewrite. YAY!
Also, I'm looking forward to the measuring for pants scene. The possibilities there are endless.

Kelly Krysten said...

deatials=details
Gosh, it is way too early in the morning.lol.

MsHellion said...

Good question. I love this.

1.) Ben
2.) Liv's snarky inner dialogue
3.) Liv's snarky outer dialogue
4.) Ben
5.) The NYE kiss
6.) The Float Trip One-Life-to-Live scene
7.) Disneyland
8.) Ben being shot by mystery woman
9.) Ice cream and wedding dresses
10.) Ben

Kelly Krysten said...

The Float Trip One-Life-to-Live scene.lol. That sounds funny.
And I'm excited to meet this Ben character. That's a great top ten, hellion!!