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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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Friday’s Findings: 11.02.18
Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: How to Write a Horror Story: 7 Tips for Writing Horror How to Craft Your Characters’ Fears 5 Tips on Writing a Trauma Backstory Should You Include a Prologue in Your Story? 9 Genius Methods for Writing a Great Scene
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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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Friday’s Findings: 10.26.18
Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: Bucket List for Writers Outline Your Novel the Incredibly Easy Way How to Prepare for Writing a Book: 4 Steps Writing Fiction: Stop “Writing”, Create Experiences Writing Is Selection
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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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Friday’s Findings: 10.19.18
Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: 11 Ways to Write More Scientific Fiction: Lessons from Michael Crichton Realistic dialogue: Writing conversations using setting Finding Your Character’s Blind Spot How to Build Suspense In Your Story The 7 Deadly Sins of Novelists (According to Editors)
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The Non-Rules of NaNoWriMo
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 by November’s end. I can tell…
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Tools I’m Using for NaNoWriMo
I haven’t done National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in four years. I got busy with other projects, but this year I’m in a position to take a break and enjoy the spontaneity of starting a fiction novel from scratch. It’s an opportunity to rediscover the joy of creating something with abandon. If you haven’t done…
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Friday’s Findings: 10.05.18
Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: 10 Obstacles to Writing a Book and How to Conquer Them What Is Purple Prose? And How to Avoid It The Hardest Thing with Writing Your Novel Journey How to write a positive change character arc
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