The weekend was a whirlwind of writing seminars, critique sessions and agent panels. I had the chance to read some of my work and have it read aloud then critiqued. Most importantly, I got some great feedback at the San Diego Writers Conference.
The areas that I suspected were weak were confirmed, which tells my instincts are leading me to the right places. Also, people reacted to my writing in unexpected ways. After a particularly powerful scene was read the other people in the room were speechless. People liked it and responded to it emotionally, telling me that the scene wasn't overly dramatic, as I feared.
In another case, they liked my lead character, but they wanted more action in the opening pages, confirming my own suspicions. And in another instance, a character that I was afraid might be inauthentic struck a chord with the other writers and the instructor in the room. They wanted to know more about her.
So, now I feel more confident and empowered to keep going on all of the projects I put out there for comments. But, where do I begin? Well, I have to finish revisions at the beginning of my book and send the first three chapters to an agent who requested them. She may have been trying to be polite, but I'm going to look at the silver lining and assume she was interested in my story. You just never know.
The conference was even better than I anticipated and now I want to go to more conferences. But then, when would I write?
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