Tag: writing a novel
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Why writing a crappy first draft is important.
It may seem paradoxical of me to be writing this post from the depths of revision #832-B in my current project, but the fact I would quote such a number, even in hyperbole, should convey something in and of itself about the mutability of a story and how frivolous it is to try to get…
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Julie’s Guide to Writing a Novel (12 Stages)
Let me just say, even though I’ve committed a certain formula to illustration here, the novel writing process is just that: a process. It is full of trial and error, it changes, and with each repetition you improve it. In fact, the process I went through with my first novel was very different from what…
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NaNoWriMo 101: An Introduction
NaNoWriMo, short for National Novel Writing Month, is a writer’s challenge in which, during the month of November, participants aim to write 50,000 words of a novel. This equates to approximately 1,667 words a day for 30 days. Cactus SPIKE! Did you say 1,667 words a day? Yes. Yes I did. That might seem like…
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Forum Friday: Research in Writing
The floor is yours, fellow writers: What is the most recent (or most interesting) thing you’ve researched for the sake of your writing? I’ll get things rolling with a few things I’ve researched for my novel-in-progress recently: Pretentious first names Pretentious last names Cloning (long-term research) How to read people. I found this incredibly interesting…
Julie Israel 