Category: my novel’s progress
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Friday’s Findings: Stupid stuff that scared me when I was a stupid kid
When I was a little kid, like four or five years old, I would torture myself this way: while everyone else was watching tv in the warm, cozy, well-lit living room, I would sneak off to the dark, cold, empty kitchen. I would stand in front of the door that led down into the basement.…
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Focus on word count
“I try to focus on word count per day. So when I do first drafts, I aim to write a set word count every Monday – Friday until the book is done. That means that I can usually predict the day the book will be done when I start it.” — Taylor Jenkins Reidauthor of…
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Friday’s Findings: Five things I’ve learned in five years
In my post last Friday, I talked about writers should keep learning their craft. I thought about writing practices I had learned in the last five years. I took an inventory and came up with two lists: Today, I want to show you my writing craft tips. These are writing practices I’ve discovered in the…
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Simple Advice for Writing
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” -Ernest Hemingway Photo by cottonbro studio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-writing-on-a-white-paper-7610770/ My Linktree
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Friday’s Findings: Never stop learning
Never stop learning your craft. I’m a little surprised that some people I know who like to write aren’t interested in further training. I guess I understand. but I like taking online classes about writing fiction. I have to be careful, because I don’t want learning to replace actual writing. Writers can spend a little…
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Friday’s Findings: Will I do NaNoWriMo This Year?
That photo of the guy contemplating NaNoWriMo may be a bit melodramatic, but it’s a feeling many of us can relate to. Since 2008, NaNoWriMo has been a journey of self-discovery for me. It’s shown me the strength I possess as a writer, pushing my brain, body, and sanity to the limit. It’s proven that…
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Friday’s Findings: Bullet Point Outline – Do you do it?
Want to write a rough draft of a scene like a champ? For a while now I’ve been trying this method using bullet points. It’s not my invention, but it makes sense to me. Here’s the short version: This method is pretty simple. And it actually speeds up the writing process because it puts me…
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Friday’s Findings: More Than One Writing Project?
Do you have more than one Work In Progress (WIP) going? I do. I have a space opera novel I’m working on. I have a fantasy novel I’m working on. And I have a novella I’m working on. I find myself juggling my time between these three projects. But recently I’ve realized a best practice…
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Science Fiction & Fantasy I’ve Read Lately
With all the crazy stuff happening in the world, I love a little escape time. In other words, I read a lot of sci-fi and fantasy this past summer. Here are my thoughts: The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie Dark fantasy; #1 The Blade Itself; #2 Before They Are Hanged; #3 The Last Argument…
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