December 6, 2018 Beginning The Structural Edit During our pacing edit where we ADD words instead of cutting them, we also have to make sure we’ve kept to our structural goals…. Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
December 4, 2018 Pacing Is Key Let’s look at the quick math on word counts as books. 50,000 words is not enough in most genres. It’s a start. Most fiction… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
December 3, 2018 How Many Words How many words should your book have? There are distinct genre totals. Take for example the Young Adult market. They tend to be 50,000… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
December 2, 2018 No Writing Today No writing today, unless you’re trying to finish your book. Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
November 30, 2018 Nano is Over Today Wishing you the best – do whatever it takes to finish the novel! Get it done! Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
November 29, 2018 Blazing Glory What DID I write for Nano? I had only two things in mind. I had a single line of dialogue, and I wanted Clint… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
November 27, 2018 Take Away Lessons from NaNoWriMo I finished Nanowrimo on Thanksgiving. Technically, I got 51,000 words by 6 pm. I wrote 5,900 in between cooking and basting to pretty much… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
November 26, 2018 Five Days Left Only five days left to take advantage of this offer! My friends think I’m crazy for offering this, but… I know, I hate hearing… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
November 25, 2018 The Cure For The Common Cold I don’t have the cure for the common cold. Essentially, because the common cold is a number of different diseases. I have my limitations… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
November 23, 2018 One Week of NaNoWriMo left! Just one week of Nano left! Are any of you done already? Finishing up? Close to done? Halfway? At ten thousand words? If you… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn