December is nearly gone! November, I can’t even remember it flew by me so quickly. I participated in NaNoWriMo as I have been doing in the last two years and I WON this year. Finally. So what was it? I finished a rough first draft of short stories that would be a companion to my … More So long December (writing updates)
In the past few months, I have been diligently revising, editing and rewriting my story through a series of drafts. There is still work that needs to be done. Each time I sit down to work I make a commitment to make it better. Each time I reread a chapter I discover how much I … More Revising, Rewriting, and Editing
What do you do when a scene isn’t working? Why you delete it of course. And start over. Not ready to delete it? Think you can salvage it? But ‘I’m so close’ to fixing it. Nope. Delete it. If you don’t it will drag you down. But if you feel so inclined you can remove … More When a scene isn’t working
Follow my blog with Bloglovin You might remember that a couple months ago–more like a little over a year ago I was writing chapter 10. I was also having a difficult time writing chapter 10 because my inciting incident happened in that chapter. You can check out that post here. Now, I know it’s a … More Crossing the threshold into Act II
Just a little update you guys about how or rather where I am in my manuscript. I finished my first draft–in its roughest glory just before the holidays so around mid-October last year. I took a few weeks off for clarity even though I was itching to get back in. This break was super, super … More Tackling the manuscript
Let’s get this out of the way: building your writing routine is hard. Seriously, I think it’s almost like a rite of passage figuring out our own routine. You may have this awesome story idea that you wish wrote itself because you can’t seem to find the time to sit down and write it. There … More Building Your Writing Routine
We’ve all been there, seriously. Writing folk and nonwriting folk included. We’ve all at some point had to rewrite something. Just think about all those texts that you had to backspace on because your first draft was well–rough or didn’t communicate what you wanted to say. Now imagine 400 pages of that. Yup. As I … More On Rewriting
December is coming to an end which obviously as we wrap up the year I’d like to say with grand gusto because why not? Whoo-hoo I finished my very first draft!! Like I actually wrote something (I’m having a moment). You guys don’t know how long I’ve waited to write this story. I waited 10 … More That Second Draft…
I finished!! Hooray! I thought you guys should know that I finished my first draft last Sunday night. Ha! I have been basking on glorious ‘OMG I’m done–for now at least’ glory for a few days now and it feels so good! I am proud of what I’ve written and ready to take it to … More The First Draft
When I started plotting this novel I didn’t know what the heck I was doing. All I knew was that I had a story that I wanted to write and I was somehow going to figure out how to do that. I came to the conclusion that I really did need to have some sort … More Writing the final act
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