Tag: planning a novel
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Ideas: Throwing Out vs. Digging Deep
Ideas are work. More than once I have started down the path of a story idea and come up against major obstacles. “Ugh, that’s too trope-y,” or “No, that reminds me too much of [other book].” And you know what it’s tempting to do when you hit a big picture snag like that? Write the […]
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From Chaos Comes Order, or: This is How You Write
This is something I have come to realize recently. I mean, really realize: Writing is messy. There’s simply no right way to do it. (There are, however, plenty of wrong ones: baking cookies, watching Dexter, and checking your email every seven minutes to see if Mr./Ms. Agent has finished reading your manuscript among them.) You […]
Julie Israel 