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October 3, 2020
Preptober 3 / 31 – Plot Formula
Todays prompt was “choose a plot formula.” I had to look up what that meant, but it turned out to be the term for things like Aristotle’s Incline (note: this is just a nice write up; I have no connection to the author of the blog), which I’ve used for most things I’ve written for the past decade at least. I found this Lester Dent plot formula and reading it made me laugh. My hand written summary is just a summary–read the whole entertaining thing.
Preptober 3 / 31
Todays prompt was “choose a plot formula.” I had to look up what that meant, but it turned out to be the term for things like Aristotle’s Incline (note: this is just a nice write up; I have no connection to the author of the blog), which I’ve used for most things I’ve written for the past decade at least. I found this Lester Dent plot formula and reading it made me laugh. My hand written summary is just a summary–read the whole entertaining thing.
October 2, 2020
Preptober 2 / 31 – Genre
Preptober Day 2 prompt for NaNoWriMo: Decide on your genre. This should be simple. LOL One of the reasons I invented a multiverse was because I couldn’t decide on a genre…or maybe I love them all too much.
Preptober 2 / 31
Preptober Day 2 prompt for NaNoWriMo: Decide on your genre. This should be simple. LOL One of the reasons I invented a multiverse was because I couldn’t decide on a genre…or maybe I love them all too much.
October 1, 2020
Preptober! 1 / 31 – Word Goal
NaNoWriMo Season is almost upon us, and I’m always so excited I want to start RIGHT AWAY. Thankfully, there is Preptober, the month in which we prepare for NaNoWriMo in order to assist with impulse control. Because according to Traditional NaNoWriMo Rules, November 1st at midnight is when hundreds of thousands of people all over the world put down the first words on a new novel in the ridiculousness that is National Novel Writing Month.
I love this event. I’ve done it every year since 2008, ...
Preptober! 1 / 31
NaNoWriMo Season is almost upon us, and I’m always so excited I want to start RIGHT AWAY. Thankfully, there is Preptober, the month in which we prepare for NaNoWriMo in order to assist with impulse control. Because according to Traditional NaNoWriMo Rules, November 1st at midnight is when hundreds of thousands of people all over the world put down the first words on a new novel in the ridiculousness that is National Novel Writing Month.
I love this event. I’ve done it every year since 2008, ...
September 26, 2020
A Few Tips on Revising Academic Papers
If you’ve been asked to revise and resubmit a paper for an academic journal, congratulations! There is no guarantee the paper will be accepted, but it becomes more likely the further along in the process you get (see my post on rejection). Here are some tips for people new to the revision process about what you need to do and how it works. My as-ever disclaimer is that my experience is limited to my area of science and academics, and publishing in other fields may be different.
The revise and...
August 16, 2020
Mac Carroll Multiverse Novel Notebook
Journals & Planners – MCMultiverse Novel Notebook
Inserts are for:
Working things out which gets set aside when filled; Each novel as it develops that gives a longer-term reference for that particular book’s details;A world bible intended for permanent reference for things like map...
July 30, 2020
Writing an Original Research Article as a Story
I approach the structure of an academic research article similarly to how I approach a piece of fiction. I shared this with a student the other day, and am elevating it from “Random Email I’ll Lose” to “Blog Post I Can Link Back To.”
I like to think of an original research report like a story: The first “chapter”—Background—sets up the characters, setting, and conflict—why was it urgent to do this research? What pressures are building, what gaps exist, what is troublesome about existing kno...
