Category: scene
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What I’m doing to get ready for NaNoWriMo, part deux
I thought of a few more items aspiring NaNoWriMo participants can do to prepare for November: Go to your local NaNoWriMo group get-togethers. Of course, writing is a solitary practice, but you can maybe sit in a coffee shop with others pounding away on their stories. Regions also have before and after parties. Just go…
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What I’m doing to get ready for NaNoWriMo
Tell me if I’m wrong, but getting ready for National Novel Writing Month can include anything except the actual writing itself. I admit that I am itching to get started, so in the meantime, I am doing the following before November 1st: Creating characters: I have an Excel spreadsheet with columns for their names, goals,…
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The murdering of perfectionism in planning your novel
Are you the kind of writer who just starts writing and sees where it goes? Or, are you the kind of writer who plans every detail in an outline before writing the first draft? I use to fall into the latter category. I didn’t want to tumble into the trap where the more spontaneous writers…
Andrew M. Friday 