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NaNoWriMo Day 4: the 2nd step
I’m done with steps 1 and 2 of my writing process. I’ll be spending the next week marching through step 3 which is expanding my scene paragraph summaries into 5 paragraphs. These 5 paragraphs are a brain dump of details I may or may not include down the road: scraps of descriptions, dialogue, interior monologues…
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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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NaNoWriMo Day 2: My four-steps
Was my first day of NaNoWriMo 2022 was a huge success? I wrote over 1700 words. The story is coming along wonderfully and I’ve come up with some ideas as I’ve composed. During Preptober, I made a list of phrases describing scenes. I also compiled a list of characters for the two novellas I’m writing…
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NaNoWriMo Day 1: We’re Off
Well, I was going to get up at midnight and get a 20-minute writing sprint in, but that didn’t happen. However, I did get 740 words in before I went to work. During Preptober, I wrote phrases of three or four words for each scene. The first thing I did for NaNoWriMo was turn each…
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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: Why I Write
I’ve been meaning to write about this for quite a while. I see other writers on social media and they measure success in these ways: number of likes, book sales, etc. I can honestly say that’s okay. But I am loving just the creative side of writing. I get to use my writing and graphic…
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Infographic: Writing Style
Writing style is one of those things that is a balance between noticing it and not drawing attention to itself. Below are some suggestions to add your own writing style to your fiction. Download this infographic. Photo by Rogério Martins
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I haven’t read a book in two months!
Renegades by Marissa Meyer. The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey. The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. I started all of these books earlier this year and I still haven’t finished them. Why? I’ve been writing, writing, and writing. For the first three or four months of 2022, I concentrated on finishing my novella Traption.…
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