I've written a post for the Epos Blog about writing my NaNoWriMo novel this year and why I don't think word-count should determine if you succeed or not. The story you are trying to tell is more important than tracking words, and not reaching 50,000 words does not mean you've failed. You can read it … Continue reading My NaNoWriMo
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Work in Progress: October 24, 2019
I'm behind on taking stock of my writing work. I've been deep into revisions on the novel and still have more to go. With all the editorial feedback incorporated, it's now twice as long. Plenty of new scenes, a few new characters, and plot threads. It's been good to dedicate as many hours as I … Continue reading Work in Progress: October 24, 2019
Short Stories Fast
Writing 50,000 words of short stories in a month is my personal challenge. I wanted a way to jump start my short writing and this challenge is certainly doing that. My writing tends to be long with many plot threads and an epic scope. Writing short requires focus on a few characters, a single plot, … Continue reading Short Stories Fast
For Character Driven Fantasy, Start With World-building
Filed under notes to self. During my planning for this year's NaNoWriMo novel it occurred to me I have developed a process for honing in on characters, and it starts with world-building. Process Create a physical world: whether it is the real world, a secondary world, or a nebulous astral plane, knowing what the large … Continue reading For Character Driven Fantasy, Start With World-building
Planning (Again) & NaNoWriMo
Participating in NaNoWriMo, as I've mentioned before, has been a good way to start the work of a new book and get it completely down in what I call a NaNo draft. The NaNo draft is really just a starting point to get to the Dirty Draft. Fifty thousand words just isn't enough for the … Continue reading Planning (Again) & NaNoWriMo
