Another small piece, this one from Chapter 13 of the current WIP, the novel I hope to finish during NaNoWriMo… again, this is an extremely rough draft, written during 30-minute word sprints with some fellow members of my writing group! Current word count for November as of this morning stands at 19,651. - JRF *** Pavel hardly felt the hands locked around his biceps, hardly saw the nearness of the rifle muzzles to his face. They led him out the front door, stumbling, mind and body numb. ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: an excerpt from "The Good Thing", the NaNo novel.
A small piece from Chapter 12 (conveniently titled "Shit Hits the Fan" at the moment, ha) of the current WIP, the novel I hope to finish during NaNoWriMo... this is an extremely rough draft, and in fact I have hardly any recollection of writing this part at all, since I was in a writing coma at the time. Seriously. Regardless, I hope you enjoy. :) -- JRF *** Vince waited. He waited, hunkered down behind the chicken coop, listening to his own rigidly-controlled breathing, to the pounding ... View Post
Project List November 2013: PLEASE STAND BY…
There is only one goal this month. This month which hath been dubbed National Novel Writing Month: Write 50,000 Words in 30 Days. Given that, you won't see me around these parts much until December! I might post a few lines up here of the NaNoNovel on Wednesdays, and if you follow me on Twitter you'll get glimpses of my noveling music (#StorySoundtrax) most every day of the month and a one-liner on Tuesdays (#2sdayTeaser). And the usual slew of interesting Retweets every other day. If you ... View Post
NaNoWriMo BOOT CAMP! Lesson Three: THE CENTER OF THE PARADOX!
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
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
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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