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Tag Archives: Writing
Where, Oh Where, Have I Been?
See, I Haven’t been posting because I haven’t been writing. Why? Personal reasons. Sorry, but it’s been a heck of a year. I Know, I know. Last year, I started “Teddy Roosevelt and The Lost World” right around NaNoWriMo, and it seemed like every month I was getting closer to finishing it. But around March, Everything came crashing down. Economic issues? Check. Wife lost her salary two years before, was working almost full time but was finally laid off. Health …
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Tagged National Novel Writing Month, Word count, Writer, Writing
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Not Really a big fan of “psychology” in writing books. But in The Story Book: A Writer’s Guide to Story Development, Principles, Problem-solving and Marketing David Baboulene does a good job of explaining how subtest works and how to best incorporate multiple layers of meaning into your writing. Here’s the Table of contents and a sample of the first chapter. Pay attention to the charts. I kinda like them.
How To Kill A Blog in 4 Easy Steps
Image via Wikipedia Byzantine Roads is going through some growing pains right now. I’ve been working on a novel project that, although slow, is progressing nicely. I Didn’t win Nano. Heck, I didn’t even come close. But I’m happy with the outlining, research, and yes, even the little drafting I managed to get done on “Teddy Roosevelt and the Lost World.” So, the more I look at the various posts and categories of this site, and the more I look …
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Free Novel Writing Software: yWriter Demo
yWriter is a popular free word processor designed from the ground up for novelists. It’s an open-ended organizer and test processor that let’s the author do as much or as little pre-writing as they feel like, then organizes your writing into discreet scenes. It will allow you to track your progress, and gives you both tabular and graphic reports. Finally, after you’ve polished your novel, it will allow you to export your manuscript for final formatting in a more full …
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No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days [Paperback, Bargain Price]
Review Every November, tens of thousands of people sign up for National Novel Writing Month and attempt to write a 50,000-word novel. Baty, the brains behind this competition, has produced an uproariously funny motivational manifesto so readers can get a leg-up in his race or in the larger publishing game. The key is to lower your expectations “from ‘best-seller’ to ‘would not make someone vomit,’ ” says Baty, who maintains that stress and a deadline are important parts of writing. …
The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing
By following this 16-step writing program, any writer can fulfill the dream of completing a novel that is ready to submit to agents and editors. No matter what type of novel the reader wants to write–western to romance to literary to fantasy–this program will work. It breaks down the novel-writing process into small, manageable tasks that even the most inexperienced writers can achieve. Readers will learn how to find a hook, create a conflict, develop a protagonist and set her …
