Umm... Spoiler Warning. Just sayin. Sara and I have (for the most part) gone without TV this month. We decided that there were things we wanted to get accomplished, and that TV was indeed serving as a distraction. So we shut it off for the month, with some built-in exceptions. (E.G. I had just begun … Continue reading Story Lessons from Thanksgiving Movies
Author: Samuel Loveland
"I'm a writer? I write, with pen and parchment?!"
- A Knight's Tale
NaNoWriMo Survival: Week One
Here's the little tricks I've either learned or put to good effect this week; I'm posting them as advice to myself, because I am dense enough to have to learn these things over and over. Start small - a half hour on and five to ten minutes off is a great way to get started, … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Survival: Week One
Bridging the Gap (Working Backwards)
Sometimes while writing, we know where we eventually want to end up in the story, but get stuck on exactly how to get there. I know my plucky heroine escapes the cyborg ninja, but how? I vaguely know the kind of triumph I want my characters to experience toward the end of the story, but … Continue reading Bridging the Gap (Working Backwards)
On the Snowflake Method with Ali Cross
Ali Cross is an insatiable writer and organizer, heading a community of writers through her Ninjas Write Website. Her novel, Become, is coming out on 11/11/11. I've recently become involved with this community via online chat and other methods, and I find their company to be valuable to me. I've already begun to make some … Continue reading On the Snowflake Method with Ali Cross
Snowflake Outline Instructions
I wrote a blog on outlining a novel, which will soon be hosted on Ali's website. This is a cheat-sheet I wrote up, simplifying Randy Ingermanson's Snowflake Method (which I wrote more about in the blog post). I have it printed up and tacked to the wall over my desk, as well as the inside … Continue reading Snowflake Outline Instructions
