Mucking around in the rough draft of your NaNoWriMo creation
For NaNoWriMo, here are some things I’m leaving in as I write: Before November, I’ve already written a one or
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Character Creations: Laying the Foundation
I am having a blast creating characters for my NaNoWriMo project this year. I used some tools I haven’t applied
How much detail and backstory?
NOTE: I dusted off some notes I took for a webinar, How to Revise Your NaNo Novel, from January 2016.
My Fiction Writing Toolkit
When I write, I motivate myself by reviewing some of my Fiction Writing Tools. For some reason they get me
Fiction Writing Workshop: Action Scenes
He extends his sword and then utters these words: “My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to
Books on writing I read in 2015
Every year I try and read a couple of books on the writing craft. I know that’s not everyone’s cup
Quense tells how he writes his books and doesn’t apologize for it
Here is my review of Hank Quense’s Planning a Novel, Script or Memoir as it appears in Goodreads and Amazon: I’ve
What I’m learning as I write my novel, part 2
In my previous blog entry, I began listing some things I’m learning as I write my current novel. Here are
What I’m learning as I write my novel
When I say I’ve written six novels, this is what I really mean: I’ve written the rough draft of six
Writing Exercise: Describe One Thing Ten Ways
This writing exercise challenges the writer to describe something ten different ways. I chose Andre, a french bulldog whom I
