Category: my novel’s progress
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The Non-Rules of NaNoWriMo
Originally posted on Andrew M. Friday: National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) whips aspiring writers up to writing a 50,000 word draft of a novel in the month of November. I’ve been doing it off and on for ten years and I have about a fifty-percent success rate. By success, I mean I finish 50,000 words…
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Sorry, Not Sorry: Doing NaNoWriMo Again
In about a week and a half, National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) begins. I’ve been participating in it since 2008, and I have no doubt it has helped me with my writing craft over the years. It has built my confidence in writing longer projects. Most of all, it’s just plain fun. Last NaNoWriMo, I…
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About my next novel …
I’ve mentioned a little bit about my next novel in this blog. Here’s a little bit more … What genre is your novel: Science fiction, but more specifically, space opera. Give me your elevator speech: A group of space faring zoologists decide to risk their careers to save a kidnapped colleague and when they realize…
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How I got to my rough draft
Now I’m getting to the fun part! Sorry I haven’t published in a while. I have a good excuse: I finished the draft of the novel I started for 2018’s National Novel Writing Month. I’m calling it The Sentient and it falls under the genre of science fiction, more specifically, space opera. One thing I’ve…
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Four Day Streaker
Don’t worry, I’m keeping my clothes on. Just finished four days straight of NaNoWriMo. Last night I was at 8,664 words which made me about a day ahead. How am I feeling about my story? I’m having the best time I’ve ever had with NaNo. And I’ve had some great years. I feel confident I’m…
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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 two sentence summary of each scene. For NaNoWriMo, I write a “scribble version” of the scene. This is a more developed summary containing key phrases, important dialogue, cues when to describe this or that, etc.…
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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 in the past and I wanted to tell you about them. But first, a caveat: this is just for the beginning of character development. I believe in just laying a foundation for a character before…
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A Little Preview of My NaNoWriMo Project
Here’s my story preview for National Novel Writing Month. I’ve given my novel the working title of Another Species. It’s a stand-alone story set inside my Consortium universe. Here’s the synopsis: Species rescuer Jad Cesson is determined to find and save his kidnapped pet, a questica named Sebastian. But when he discovers The Consortium is fazing…
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