an unclaimed reward and a writerly edition

Update: Hubs obviously does not know about my blog. Or, if he does, he doesn't stalk it. Therefore, hubs did not get any rewards last night.

Writerleigh:

(What? Amber Leigh Tidd Murphy still writes? Since when? And she's blogging about writing? Wait, hold the phone!)

(Hey, enough sarcasm from you, dear followers. That'll do.)

So, I've decided that one of my hugest fundamental flaws is a LACK of writing in scenes. Here's the thing: I don't know why the hell I have this problem. Maybe it's because I'm writing over large portions of time. (Chapter One currently spans a few years time, and details my MC's experiences when she is 5-8 years old.)

I've decided to try to break down chapter one into scene sections. Also, I've decided that I might not make it backstory. Why can't it be present action?

(I was inspired by Curtis Sittenfeld's THE MAN OF MY DREAMS. Her MC, Hannah Gavener, is fourteen years old in the first chapter, which is titled "June 1991." It isn't backstory. There's a little backstory thrown into the chapter -- it details what happened in the months leading up to the summer of '91... but, yeah...)

So, should I be writing from my MC's POV? She's FIVE. What does she know? Hardly anything.

Hmm...

Well, sir.

At least I'm thinking like a writer and not just like a mommy-to-be.