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Changes in Writing and Publishing over 20 years
I wrote my first draft of The Novel Writer’s Toolkit in 1994 after four books published. It was all of 11 pages long. That was the extent of what I consciously knew about writing a novel. In 2009, I...
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#NANOWRIMO What to Write
Most writing is not a special gift or talent. Writing is a skill that can be taught. It can be likened to bricklaying; you can learn it one brick at a time, and you get better the more bricks you lay....
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#Nanowrimo The Kernel Idea: The Alpha and Omega of Your Book
You have to start somewhere. Have you ever listened to a writer who just recently started a new project? They are practically jumping out of their pants with excitement. Their eyes light up and oddly...
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#Nanowrimo: Kernel Idea Examples
The last post was about the Kernel Idea. Let’s look at some ideas Character: “A housewife and female assassin must uncover the truth of the men in their lives in order to save their own.” BODYGUARD...
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