January 23, 2020 Conforming your Novel to Three Act Structure This class is simple math. We’re just applying yesterday’s lesson to your novel. That’s it. Pull out your phones and access your calculator. Enter… 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
January 21, 2020 Story Structure Explained Up until now, we’ve worked on some simple writing skills – narrative, description and dialog. We haven’t gotten too deeply into any of these… 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 1, 2019 No Writing on December 1 Unless you are trying to complete your novel at Genre specific word counts (75,000 to 95,000), there is no writing today. Relax. Play a… 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
October 29, 2019 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… 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
October 24, 2019 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… 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
October 20, 2019 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… 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
October 18, 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… 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
October 17, 2019 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… 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
October 15, 2019 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… 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
October 14, 2019 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… 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