In the beginning, the most difficult thing about writing can be what to write. Most writers tend to write what they love to read and reading exclusively in a certain genre makes them well-versed in that genre. Professional writers are usually more marketable if they stick to writing one genre, because when you are published…
It is that time of year again: NaNoWriMo! For those of you who are unfamiliar with this term, it stands for National Novel Writing Month which takes place annually every November on a global level. The goal is to write a 50,000 novel during the month of November. It is a great way to kick-start…
Your computer already has what you need to be a winner during November’s National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Use these six computer applications (apps) to keep your progress constant at about seven pages per day. Spreadsheet Use single spreadsheet cells to briefly describe each main event from your story. On the line below each event…
Are you an artist who has lost all your creative mojo? Do you wake your muse up to ask her a question and she kicks you in the head and runs away laughing hysterically? Do you want to write more than anything, but just cannot get past that block? The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron…
Make a lens with a listing of 30 Day Challenges for people to share their human experiences on Squidoo. This is not a lens to fill up with affiliate modules its about encouraging others to make lenses. Put a black box (or whatever color you like) after the intro with a link to your Squidoo…
Interview with Don Britt The ultimate act of writing insanity: that’s what Don Britt calls his attempt to produce twenty-four novels over the course of the next year, beginning this month. Don got the idea after he participated in The 3 Day Novel Writing Contest this past September. That planted the seed for him to…
In other words, dialogue tags. Dialogue tags are words that identify the speaker. Dialogue, at its best, is tricky; at its worst, nightmarish. But get it right and you have got one of your main ingredients of your novel nailed. However, trying to write great dialogue that moves your story along and is not stilted…
In a few short weeks the hysteria that is NanoWriMo (Nano for short) will begin. If you are unfamiliar with Nano, it is an online challenge that comes around only once a year, in November. Participants get crazy and work on one project every day for the whole month with the expressed purpose of completing…