Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Snowy March Day! And thoughts on plotting.

So I put up a new green, lush forest background for this blog.  And then yesterday?  Snow.  Yep.  In March.  It was kinda pretty, though.

Played back the first of my two taped plotting sessions from Plot Group.  Always interesting what great ideas I get from the group.  And then the way I see the story moving after I've played the tape back.  usually, we plot the heroes a little harsh.  I find more and more I like to dial them back a bit.  Make them more sympathetic.

Well, sometimes.  LOL  In this story--working title: Her Highness and the Bodyguard--the hero, Marcus and the heroine, Rhiannon (yes, a princess) have history.  We plotted it so that Rhia loved Marcus madly in the past and he walked away for duty's sake.  I think I'm going to say they BOTH walked away.  That she had things she wanted to do and marrying at the age of 18 (when they first hooked up) wasn't one of them.  But then they get trapped in a car in a Montana snowstorm.  What do you know?  Nature takes its course...  Mwahaha.

Montana?  you might be wondering.  A princess and her bodyguard in Montana?  Well, see, in the previous story (The manuscript of which I will be starting next week), the heroine, Belle, went to Montana to honor a friend's dying wish.  There she met horse rancher Preston McCade and...

Wait. You don't need to read all that.  Not now.  Later.  Like in December, when Belle's book will be on the stands.

It is a bit odd, talking about books that aren't even written yet.  Odd, but wonderful.  At least to me...

8 comments:

bookworm54 said...

I like all your books about the Brave family, Belle's story sounds so good-love to go see the states of Colorado, Montana and Wyoming,thats my goal for the coming year...I like yur green trim on your blog...have a nice day!carolefiore@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

You're plotting the second-to-next book before writing the next one? Do you have to do this all the time? So when you actually start Rhia's book - will you stay close to what you are plotting now?

With such an odd winter, I'm wondering what summer will be like!

From MarcieR

Christine Rimmer said...

Hi Carole! Well, the snow's all melted, so the green background stays. ;) Thank you, thank you. I'm excited about this new branch of the Bravo family...

And yep. Belle's story is mostly in Montana. And then Rhia's story opens at Belle's Montana wedding. :)

Christine Rimmer said...

Marcie! Yep. I kind of leap-frog. Plot one, send it in for the editor to look over, write the one the editor approved already, and repeat. It works out well and it helps to be planning ahead when you have connected books. I can more easily see if an element needs changing before it gets in print and I'm stuck with it.

Oh, yeah, on the weather. It's just weird lately...

Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing your process!!

This morning we had heavy rain, thunder, and hail (pencil-eraser size).

MarcieR

Christine Rimmer said...

Happy to, Marcie. :) Whoa. Hail. We used to get that a lot in Oklahoma.

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