SO, you want to be a rebel, eh?!?! You just HATE outlining, do you?? You just can't for the life of you figure out WTF is going to happen in your novel past Act 1?? You shudder at the very mention of ACTS and STRUCTURE and turn up your nose at all that "rubbish"?? Think you don't need to give any thought whatsoever as to the make-up of your novel before plunging into the 30 days and nights of literary abandon then??? BULLSHIT! GET YOUR SORRY ASS INTO THIS BOOT CAMP AND FIND OUT HOW YOU TOO CAN ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: "Summer Sledding", a short memoir.
I wrote this last year, actually, when applying for acceptance into the Institute for Children's Literature. They asked for a childhood story in 500 words or less on the application. This is what I came up with, and it is, indeed, a story from my childhood. :) I was accepted into the Institute for Children's Literature, but never enrolled. Now that I am coming up with some ideas for children's books though, I will have to reconsider! Hope you enjoy! *** When I was young, a refrigerator box ... View Post
The Fear Chronicles: Why I’m not Scared In November
I've seen a whole lot of excellent NaNoWriMo-themed post around the inter webs the past few weeks, and since I am doing my own NaNoWriMo Boot Camp series on the way to November, I thought I'd share a few of my favorites! This is a great one - why you SHOULDN'T be scared while doing NaNoWriMo in November, or OF NaNoWriMo before November. You can do it! No whining, no excuses. Just write!!! And... enjoy the process! ;) *** ... View Post
NaNoWriMo BOOT CAMP! Lesson Two: CHARACTERS AND GMCs!
NO, I do NOT mean a GMC car!!! You don't know what else I could possibly mean by GMC?!??! You think your characters are just bodies to occupy your awesomely fantastic setting or move through your utterly original and mind-blowing plot!???!? WRONG!!!!! WRONG WRONG WRONG!!! Failing on the CHARACTER LEVEL will make your entire book FAIL!! THAT'S RIGHT! I don't care how awesome your setting is or how mind-blowing your plot!!!! Without fully realized and FLAWED characters, your book will go ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: "Timed Writing Spiral", an exercise.
Another one from the writing workshop with Deb Sturgess. The whole point of this workshop is finding methods to stoke your creativity and get the juices flowing again if you are stuck. So every week we do different bizarre things that end up surprising me with how well they loosen up the muse. I'm always amazed at what I come up with, especially when at the beginning of these exercises I'm always like, "OMG! COMPLETE BLANK! WHAT AM I GOING TO DO!!!?!?!" Here's a tip, for everyone. If you ... View Post
NaNoWriMo BOOT CAMP! Lesson One: PREPARATION MATTERS!
OH, so you thought NaNoWriMo started in NOVEMBER, did you!?! WRONG! NaNoWriMo starts NOW, RIGHT NOW! The secret to success in this venture is PLANNING!!! PLANNING, people. "But I'm a PANTSER!" you say??? NOT THIS MONTH YOU AIN'T!!!! Writing 50k words of aimless story you'll just have to rewrite later DOESN'T COUNT. You don't want to go through the agony that is NaNoWriMo and then just have to turn around and SCRAP most of what you just sweated and bled!!! Only newbies jump into NaNo without at ... View Post
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