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November 14, 2011
NaNoWriMo: Editing
I seem to be very unusual as a novelist. From everything I hear and read about other novelists, it seems that people have a hard time writing briefly. Most commonly people write many, many extra words and need to trim dramatically. A complete draft is 100, 000 words for them! I am exactly the opposite. [...]
November 13, 2011
Six Sentence Sunday: NaNo Two
I'm back for my third foray into Six Sentence Sunday with another six sentences from my current NaNoWriMo work… ### "Trent, seriously, we have to be realistic here. We're not ever going to be able to be together. We can't even touch! This is ridiculous." Trent bit his lip. "I can't keep doing this," Talia [...]
November 11, 2011
Friday Excerpt: Faith Gets Bad News
Here are 400 words (actually a little less) from my NaNoWriMo book. Remember it isn't polished or edited at all! This is rough, rough draft. lol. (but still feel free to offer critique) ### Old lady Smythe was looking at her again. Faith found the old woman creepy. She had a small smile on her [...]
November 10, 2011
NaNoWriMo: The Log Line
You saw my sprawling blurb earlier, which needs lots of work. A blurb is critical in the success of selling a story. A log line is also extremely valuable. I've bought books more than once on the power of the log line alone. What is a log line? It's the one sentence description better known [...]
November 9, 2011
NaNoWriMo: The Biggest Challenge
What is the most challenging part of NaNoWriMo for me? Letting the writing be bad. There are two major ways that people write. Some push themselves to write a first draft very quickly, turning off the inner editor and letting the writing be bad until they can polish it later. Others have a hard time [...]
November 8, 2011
NaNo By the Numbers
Even though I'm not good at math, I still love to measure progress with numbers. It motivates me and excites me to break down my writing into word counts. So, my personal goal for NaNo is 80,000 words. (That is more than I've ever written on any project. My novel (W)hole is 65,000 and that's [...]
November 7, 2011
NaNoWriMo: Software
Before I started NaNo this year I did some reading about what other people are doing with it. One thing I cam across was a software recommendation. Writing novels in Word and most word processing programs is very difficult. They really weren't designed for writing and keeping track of 300 page documents. Though I follow [...]
November 6, 2011
Six Sentence Sunday: NaNo One
The six sentences for this week are from the NaNoWriMo novel that I'm working on, so this is prose that has not yet been polished at all! Read more about the story here. ### He pushed open the door and his eyes met those of the owner. Reece nodded his head and brought his hands [...]
November 4, 2011
Romantic Friday Writers
Well, the Romantic Friday Writers challenges have changed, which makes me sad. It's no longer being held every week, but just once a month. Also instead of a word as a theme, there will be pictures to respond to or first sentences to use. I'm not sure that I'll keep doing it given the new [...]
November 3, 2011
NaNoWriMo Inspiration
In researching people to help me produce more professional books, I discovered Tirzah and her book covers. I am mesmerized by her skill! I love to read her blog and learn about graphic design and see the cool covers she comes up with. http://acleverwhatever.blogspot.com Last month she posted an offer to throw together a free cover for [...]
