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Month: October 2019

Planning Your NaNoWriMo Novel Step 2: The 21 Point Sheet

Continuing on from where we’ve been working all month, the First phase of the book planning process is the Logline, and then Save The Cat.…

Introducing a Mind-Blowing Way to Plan Your Novel Guaranteed to Win NaNoWriMo!

Once we’ve made our logline, it’s time to introduce our novel planning process. One way to plan your novel in a way guaranteed to win…

The Seldom used Secret that guides your winning Novel

When I first began writing novels, I tried to pants my way through the novel, and invariably I’d quickly run out of ideas. Sometimes I’d…

How To Come Up with a Guaranteed Winning Idea for NaNoWriMo

Writers face October with both anticipation and fear. Anticipation because you’re about to start NaNoWriMo, and this year you’re going to win. Fear, because most…

Fool Proof Way to Start Your Nanowrimo Project in WriteWay Professional Edition

Now that we’ve decided whether or not we have time to do Nano, learned that we have to plan our NaNoWriMo novel, and learned elementary…

Fool Proof Way to Start Your Nanowrimo Project in SmartEdit Writer

Yesterday we started a NaNoWriMo project in Scrivener. What we’re going to do today is more of the same – how to do it in…

Fool Proof Way to Start Your Nanowrimo Project in Scrivener

Now that we’ve decided whether or not we have time to do Nano, learned that we have to plan our NaNoWriMo novel, and learned elementary…

5 Things That Can Stop You From Completing NaNoWriMo

Thousands of writers every year begin agonizing about whether or not to compete in NaNoWriMo. Nothing is worse than the sinking feeling that an event…

Updates and McGuffins

Some quick behind the scenes updates – kind of like Evernote was doing and then sadly stopped! I’ve switched to a new SEO tool (behind…

The Surprising Fundamentals of Writing a Novel

Writing a novel is not a difficult thing – once one has learned the fundamentals involved. Certain tools are available to make writing a novel…