What: Craft a draft of your work into a novel, memoir, screenplay in a month’s time.Who: Anyone who has written a draft of a novel, memoir, or screenplay and is now ready to craft the project into a coherent piece worthy of publication.Why: The first draft of any writing project is considered the generative phase. The muse is often responsible for much of the generative phase. The writer acts as a conduit and allows the inspiration to come through onto the page. The generative phase is all about …
December: International Plot Writing Month
Have a draft of your book? Wondering, now what?Follow me here everyday for tips and tricks and inspiration beginning Dec. 1st.No writing required.It's a time to analyze what you have and brainstorm for an effortless draft two in January '09. …
Plot Tips for NaNoWriMo Writers
30 days hath November. I fear pulling out my tricky little formula for determining the parameters of your story. Before you groan in disgust, I know, I know. Horrors that I deem it necessary to reduce the creative process to a mathematical equation. Hey, I'm just trying to help. You want to get to the end of the month with some semblence of a story, don't you? I don't expect those natural born story tellers would visit this site anyway. But, for you writers who are looking for tricks and tips to …
Plot, Platform, Publicity
In a recent issue of The Bookwoman, the official publication of Women's National Book Association, Fern Reiss gives hints on how to publicize your novel. One of her methods is to put a nonfiction hook in your novel. Hooks provide a potential platform as well as leverage for publicity. Riess' words shot through me. Of course! Brilliant!I often guide writers through the pitfalls of creating the Middle of your story in two ways. The use of antagonists is one. The other is to create an unusual …
Finish by Year’s End — Take the Poll
On the wheel of life, this is both a time to reap the harvest of all we have accomplished for the year and also a time to reflect on whether we actually planted the seeds we intended and nurtured them to fruition.If you started your writing project and finished -- this is a time to celebrate!!If you started and haven't finished, it's not too late. Even if you haven't started, it's not too late.You have until year's end. How many words, pages do you envision your completed project? Divide by the …
Follow Me!