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Last Minute NaNoWriMo Prep

In case you didn’t follow the “Setting up your project” article of two weeks ago… Remember this – NaNoWriMo is the goal of writing AN…

Last moments to decide – NaNo or Nono?

It was one year ago today I had to decide – Nano or nono? I was tempted not to do it. My wife felt it…

Character Planning or Pants’ing?

Not a complicated blog post today – just simple observations. Some people require vast amounts of detailed histories on their character profiles, where they went…

Researching your Novel in Evernote

The title sums it up – no lengthy intro here! Just research your novel with Evernote and store the results in Scrivener. Where? In the…

A Surprisingly Easy Plot Process for NaNoWriMo

This article is going to explain a lot of things, very quickly. Read it as often as you need it. If you understand this already,…

Three Types of People Who Fail NaNoWriMo

For many, NaNoWriMo presents an opportunity for writers to join together for an entire month to create a novel. It’s a opportunity for writers to…

Planning Your NaNoWriMo Novel Final Step: The 60 point Sheet

This is it! We are on the LAST planning phase of NaNoWriMo! Once you complete this phase, you have enough plot information to accurately complete…

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…