“How do I write this story?” Take a deep breath. Writing a novel or short story starts with writing one word. Then one sentence. Then
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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
Checklist for writing a scene
When it came to my novel, I honestly didn’t think I’d have to do that. But, here I am, the stage of my novel where I am going over each scene, and I am “killing my darlings.” I want to keep most of the scenes, but I have a criteria I go over that may tell me otherwise.
How does the Snowflake Method work?
Now if you are not a math whiz, don’t let this scare you: The Snowflake Method of writing a novel follows the same idea of
The next step: The Snowflake Method
For National Novel Writing Month, I wrote a rough draft of a novel called The Deity Run. Instead of “rough draft,” a more accurate term
My point of view on point-of-view
When I wrote the first draft of my novel, I used the third person point-of-view (POV). I felt the story would be less convoluted if
