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August 18, 2019 18 mins

In today's episode, Pilar talks about:

Why she's stuck.

How the story's changed once she got writing, and how the idea can develop.

What's she learned from Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

What's she's incorporated from Scott King's Story Pitch

Here's the link to exporting synopses from Scrivener https://www.scrivenervirgin.com/2018/05/file-compile-export-synopsis/

She also mentions Austin Kleon's clarification of what he means by Show Your Work, in his interview in the What You Will Learn podcast.

You can find her Trello board here https://trello.com/b/3LUWiqsc/pilars-board-on-writing-for-word-maze-podcast and you can get in touch with her through www.pilarwrites.com

 

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