Write on, Wednesday: Susan Elizabeth Phillips Talks about Character-Driven Plot
By Leslie Lindsay Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, a Spanish writer, depicted with the tools of the trade. (image retrieved fromWikipedia, 5.30.12) I will admit that I am not one to fall in love with a romance novel. It’s not that I don’t like romance–I do, it’s just that I would rather be the heroine than read about her. Who wouldn’t, right? But, I can appreciate a good writer when I see one…or know one…or take one of her workshops at a conference. Which is exactly what I did about a month ago. Susan Elizabeth Phillips may be tiny, but she is big on ideas and big on being sassy. I mean that in a good way, SEP. She has a wit about her that is infectious. And if you have ever read her books, you will soon come to realize that she talks just like her characters–razor-sharp, funny, and a little saucy. She had us in stitches several times with her personal stories. And stories, are after all, what makes us write. In “Drawing Plot …