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Working the Novel: Day 6- Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

Image via Wikipedia “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.” I’d like to  thank my Brother-in-law for sending me this link. Supposedly it’s correct: I’ll defer to the experts, although  I don’t think it makes sense. It relies on the three meanings of ‘Buffalo:” Buffalo- a City in NY buffalo- a bison buffalo- to [...]

Quick 2-page Character Sheet for Novel Writing

And as promised, here’s a quick Character sheet I did for working out my characters. Basically, it’s an RPG style sheet. At the top is some pertinent story info:  Character’s name, Story Role (Protagonist, Main, Hero, Antagonist, Mentor: Whatever system you’re using). There’s a block for Description and Bio, and one at the end to [...]

Working the Novel: Day 3

Image via Wikipedia There was no day three yesterday. Too Tired. Too much at home. I needed a night off and I got it. Today I’m recharged. I looked at my main character a lot last night and today and thought about what I’m going to do with him. I paged through a few Writer’s [...]

Working the Novel: Day Two.

Only had a bit of time so far tonight. Realizing that Protagonist is a Cardboard douchebag. I’ll need to do some character work before I get too far along. I’ll put aside a couple of his early chapters until I get it done. The Antagonist, on the other hand is a lot of fun. I’ve [...]

Working My Novel: Day One

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Started a new project on Monday and thought I’d keep a journal here. This is going to be my Book-in-a-Month project, except it isn’t. I’ve actually schedules 60 days, and plan to write 1,000 words a day. I’ve plotted it out using Writer’s Dream Kit 4.0 , and have [...]

Novel Tracking Chart

I had been using a spreadsheet to track my Novels progress, but realized it just wasn’t doing the job. I wanted something I could post on the wall to motivate me, not some database that I could use for billable hours. I had seen a couple products that looked nice, but didn’t want to shell [...]