Category: scene
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Nanowrimo Day 3: The 1st step
The first step I took on day 1 of NaNoWriMo was to take the phrases I created to describe the potential scenes and turn them into complete sentences. For example: Phrase: Bandonn orphaned as a child Complete sentence: In this flashback of Bandonn as a little boy in the burg where he grew up, The…
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Last day of Preptober
It’s October 31st. Yes, yes, it’s Halloween. But it’s also the last day of Preptober. I’ve been prepping for NaNoWriMo this past month. But, really, I did it all in the first few days. I’ve been working on my other WIP, Oblivion’s Hope. My determination to get that novel done is why I haven’t been…
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Three Things
Try the Three Things exercise as part of your morning routine. I had some great successes this weekend: I finished a scene for my novel, Legendaries. I got back into reading: I finished Renegades by Marissa Meyer and started reading the sequel called Archenemies. I also started reading Legends and Latte by Travis Baldree. This…
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Friday’s Findings: July 2022 Camp NaNoWriMo Update #4
Working on more than one WIP at once Well, Camp NaNoWriMo will be over Sunday night. So far, I’ve written 25,7000 words out of my 25,000 goal. But one of my less tangible goals was to successfully navigate three WIPs simultaneously. I’ve definitely learned some things about writing three WIP at once. Good things. For…
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Friday’s Findings: July 2022 Camp NaNoWriMo Update #3
Since last November’s NaNoWriMo, I’ve been using what I call the scratchpad method for my writing process. Ever since, I’ve been honing and improving it for my way of writing. Each month, I start a new document and almost every day, I write whatever for that day. That could be a scene for two for…
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Friday’s Findings: July 2022 Camp NaNoWriMo Update #2
Word count: 17,000 I recently watched YouTuber Nick Sturgeon’s video Camp NaNoWriMo: Have Fun with Your Writing. One thing he said stuck out to me: “It’s okay. You had a bad day. Today things didn’t go according to plan. But that’s okay. This is just Camp Nanowrimo. It’s a practice. It’s a first attempt at…
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Friday’s Findings: A Little Off the Top
Currently, I am working on my novella, Traption. I practice taking a little off the top at the beginning of each scene. I learned this concept from Jessica Brody’s Writing Mastery Academy course on revision. She recommends going through each scene to determine whether or not the scene begins at the “correct” place. She recommends…
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Tips for Plotting a Novel
From NowNovel.com Photo by Aleksandar Pasaric
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Friday’s Findings: Doing a Scene Audit
I’ve been on vacation this week and while I haven’t gotten as much reading done as I would have liked, I have gotten a LOT done on my novella, Traption. I’ve spent this week going through each scene, one by one and asking myself the following questions: Does this scene have a goal?What are the…
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