Blogs about: First Drafts
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Channeling Novelist Diana Abu-Jaber
Current mood: prickly I’m highly frustrated right now. I’m supposed to be having fun, experimenting, if you will, with a thriller-ish kind of story so I can improve my plotting and pacing … more →
Lisa's Words at Play
Fattening up your Characters
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Katherine Battersby wrote 1 week ago: I don’t mean literally – no need to go putting your characters on a high carb diet … more →
Woohoo! Now what?
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Carolyn Yalin wrote 1 week ago: This past weekend, I finished my first draft! Another item checked of my “Life List”. I … more →
An Arc Charted
reidnet wrote 1 week ago: The Old Man adjusted his hat and double checked the cuffs of his rolled-up slacks. He folded off car … more →
Balancing Form and Function
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Christi Craig wrote 1 week ago: I’m nearing the end of week two of NaNoWriMo, and this year I’ve spent almost as much ti … more →
NaNoWriMo Day 12: On Outlines and First Drafts
Andrew wrote 2 weeks ago: Last night I passed the 30,000 word mark. With November less than half over, I’m making pretty … more →
*taps mic*
pllogan wrote 2 weeks ago: Is this thing on? Anyone still here? Well – I got to preview Holly Lisle’s How to Revise … more →
First drafts
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pattyjansen wrote 2 weeks ago: A NaNoWriMo post, and my personal take on what a first draft should do: When I start a new book, I o … more →
Expect the unexpected
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Carolyn Yalin wrote 3 weeks ago: At our co-ed baby shower, when I was pregnant with JBird, we played a little game. Each person took … more →
that magic feeling
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sputnitsa wrote 3 weeks ago: Scenes don’t stand alone in books. They fit, they move, they’re living parts of the org … more →
A wild ride
pllogan wrote 3 weeks ago: Lots going on here: sons just finished out marching band season (did pretty well!), got two paying n … more →
At Long Last...
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sputnitsa wrote 3 weeks ago: I don’t even know where to start. It’s hard being an early-riser sometimes. The past we … more →
It's time for NaNoWriMo!
Laurin Wittig wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m participating in NaNoWriMo for the third time this year. We kicked it off here in William … more →
Drafting a Pan of Lasagna
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darksculptures wrote 1 month ago: In some ways, I am almost happy I have a chance to set my first draft aside. As I mentioned before, … more →
Why a writer must keep writing
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craiglancaster wrote 1 month ago: Because if he doesn’t, he gets no better than this. I just dug out of my files a few pages of … more →
Writing Backward
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beckylevine wrote 1 month ago: I made a discovery this weekend. Or, rather, a re-discovery, because this little piece of knowledge … more →
A Semi-polished Rough Draft of Chapter 3: Done!
kristinwoldennitz wrote 1 month ago: Every writer has a different way of attacking a project. I like to write scenes by hand in a cafe f … more →
Don't mess with what you do right
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Carolyn Yalin wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday, I slaved over the oven and made healthy breakfast cookies for Madame J. In the past, the … more →
Rough Writers
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musictravelwrite wrote 1 month ago: "The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything." Time for anot … more →
Plotting Along
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sputnitsa wrote 1 month ago: This weekend was pure torture. And by pure torture I mean intermittent irritation in a backdrop of a … more →
