Truth be told? Plot and Structure would be great for inspiration if I didn’t already have a plot in mind. I’ll finish reading it, and definitely keep it on the shelf for future reference (ie, books 2 - n) , but I don’t think this is going to move my novel as far along as See Jane Write did. It may help me fill in some “meat”, of a sub-plot or something, but that’s about it. And honestly, what it’s doing is making me question, am I so miserable in my own job that that will bleed over into my main character? (Who grows increasingly dissatisfied with her own career).
It is like the English class I never took in college though, and a good investment/reference book. However, I will say, having done 99% of all my research online since the late 1990s, looking stuff up in books is a pain. I wish there were just some edit/find function in regular books like there is soft copy materials.
Sigh. And tomorrow it’s… back to the office. For four days. Followed by a string of five-day weeks. I’m trying not to think about it, that job stresses me out more and more by the day.
if you already have a plot in mind, i can see why this would be no use at all. but as someone who has the odd good idea but can never seem to turn it into a proper working plot, i think the book looks interesting.
Comment by freelance uk — December 26, 2008 @ 9:51 am