tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828300.post113099540561712683..comments2012-02-01T05:26:53.557-07:00Comments on Musings on Muses: The Controlling IdeaKeith "Kilo" Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12224717834456681585noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828300.post-1131028296743191282005-11-03T07:31:00.000-07:002005-11-03T07:31:00.000-07:00I've been working with the one-sentence summary id...I've been working with the one-sentence summary idea for almost a year now, and while it has helped keep my overall goal in mind, it has fallen short of everything I've heard about measuring it up against each scene to see if the scene works to propel the plot. Since it's a summary, most of the scene fits. It's been frustrating and I've felt as though I've been missing the secret formula to making it work.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the secret formula! :-)<BR/><BR/>Rather than using a summary sentence, I'm going to recast it as a controlling idea and see if that will do what I've been trying to get the poor little summary sentence to do. But I'll hang on to my summary sentence, because it makes a handy little answer to the 'so what are you working on?' question.<BR/><BR/>Have a good flight home!<BR/><BR/>Cheers, <BR/>RisC. Jane Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00131009339900981548noreply@blogger.com