Really, the best part of being a writer is sometimes you write a chapter and are so in love with it that you laugh out loud at your own jokes when your critique group reads it aloud.* I love my new chapter.
Meanwhile, Tinkerbell was so charmed that I used her idea and then told you about it that she has made a generous offer to all visitors to Jacqui's Room.
Presenting, your thorny plot problems -- solved! Simply describe to Tinkerbell what has happened so far in your book and she will tell you what should happen next. You can email me or comment here, and Tinkerbell promises to plot your story for you. So next time you are stuck...ask Tinkerbell.
* And if you have as cool a critique group as I do, they don't then laugh out loud at YOU.
10 Comments on Ask Tinkerbell, last added: 4/6/2009
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Is there a fee for this service? ;)
When I saw your post, I thought Tinkerbell was going to solve my OTHER problems, you know like how do I solve recent faux paus with in-laws and that sort of thing. haha
How great that she tipped you in the right direction. Does she work lotteries?
A first grade critique partner is a good thing to have!
I recently had a professional critique my work, and she told me the exact same thing my eleven year old did :)
Thorp, it's free, but she accepts payment in sparkles.
Danette, I am sure Tink would be happy to help, though she's less reliable in real life and may suggest nose-bopping...
Adrienne, that's awesome. I hope you told your eleven year old!
I think you should bring her along next meeting! (And hey, we are a pretty cool critique group, ain't we?)
Let me know when the "What Would Tinkerbell Do" plot-solving pens become available. I will gladly pay in sparkles.
I have a title only...can she work with that...grin...
Laura, she's just bummed there are no more treats!
Candace, I totally need a WWTD pen!
Brenda, she re-wrote Nancy Drew's The Bungalow Mystery today and only later revealed she didn't even know what a bungalow is. I guess I should be more worried at her "making stuff up" skills.
I'm with Danette: for one giddy moment, I thought Tinkerbell might be game for tackling non-writing related problems. If she ever changes her mind, she can help me decide whether to take the new job offer my husband and I got, or maybe even get my 14-year-old to pick up her own laundry...(Hmm...nose bopping might just work!)
Mary, sadly, Tink's advice on such things is unfailingly moral and logical and, as such, usually the last thing I want to hear.