I mentioned in my August wrap-up post that I was planning a blog/Twitter challenge for October, and it’s finally close enough that I can share more specifics!
Category: Prewriting & Plot
Camp NaNo Prep: The Outline
Camp NaNoWriMo Prep Series:
Want more on outlining methods? Check out this guest post by Rose Atkinson-Carter.
Before we start, here’s a disclaimer: I’m not an outliner. Well, not a hardcore outliner, at least. I do find that I do better when I have some sort of a framework to go off of, though, so in this post I’m going to just share with you a couple of methods I’ve used that have worked for me.
The Chapter-By-Chapter Outline
This is the method I used with The Heart of the Baenor, and it’s pretty simple. Continue reading “Camp NaNo Prep: The Outline”
Camp NaNo Prep: The Idea
NaNoWriMo’s next session is just a month away. For those of you who don’t know, Camp NaNoWriMo is a version of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) in which you’re put in a virtual cabin with other writers (assuming you sign up on the official site) and you get to set your own goal. Your goal can be measured in words, hours, minutes, lines, or pages. It’s more laid-back than the regular November session (in which the goal is a set 50,000 words, though obviously you don’t have to stay tied to that if you don’t want to) and you have the opportunity to hang out with a small group of like-minded writers for the whole month of July. (I’m considering putting together a cabin starting with those of you who follow my blog. Would anyone be interested in that?)
Anyway, over the next month my Tuesday writing posts will Continue reading “Camp NaNo Prep: The Idea”
T: Timeline Uses in Fiction
Timelines are handy little tools. You often have to develop them in school (at least I have) with all the different birthdays of famous people and special events marked out and whatnot. But what use do they have in fiction? What can you do with writing timelines? Well, a couple things. (And that’s not counting historical fiction.) Continue reading “T: Timeline Uses in Fiction”
5 Ways to Close Your Book
We all know the feeling of loss when we finish a good book (or the sigh of relief when we finish a bad one), but what are some ways that we as authors can end our own books? Here are five possible ways to close your book.
1. The Happy Ending
The guy gets the girl, the villain is vanquished, all is right with the world, the sky is filled with sunshine and rainbows, “and they all lived happily ever after.” Continue reading “5 Ways to Close Your Book”