I’m back – did you miss me? I’ll tell you more
about my holiday next week but firstly I went to the latest Smut event which
was in Leeds last Saturday.
Great
workshops and demos from Zak Jane Keir on using dice to think through options
of where your story is going and from Stephanie Robb on ropework (see pic below).
I did another of my workshops – this time it was
What Author Shape Are You? I adapted one of those personality/behaviour quizzes
where people were categorised by Square, Rectangle, Circle, Triangle and
Squiggle, and mapped author traits to it, so, where it said organised and task
oriented, I followed this up by suggesting an author might be someone who loves
plotting and had lots of spreadsheets.
It was great fun. Here is a brief summary –
anyone wanting to do the quiz email me (Jennifer.denys@yahoo.com) or message
me on Facebook and I’ll send you the quiz so you can do it yourself.
SQUARE: PLOTTERS AND ORGANISERS
As the title says – love plotting and organizing. Very
task-oriented, probably have lots of spreadsheets or lists. They follow rules
to the letter.
TRIANGLE: SPEEDERS AND LEADERS
They are fast thinkers, very goal focused. Could be
the leaders within writing groups (or even Doms in the BDSM world). Hate all
the admin stuff that comes with writing.
RECTANGLE: CHANGEABLE WRITERS
These are
changeable people – we are all rectangle at some points in our lives and quite
probably when trying to decide which book to write next! But also this shape
could be those who are disheartened and give up writing most easily.
CIRCLE: PEOPLE WRITERS
Listens and
communicates well but can over commit – for instance, blog posts, newsletter,
tweets, all the social media, etc etc and gets very upset by what
readers/reviewers say. But the best team player or co author of the five
shapes.
SQUIGGLE: PANTSERS
Hates plotting. Mind on
the go all the time. Could have cutting edge ideas. Might be creative at more
than just writing.
Glad you had a good time, Smut Groupie, I really enjoyed your workshop :)
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