Novel Fridays: Permission to Write Badly
This week, I'd like to give you permission to write badly. [...]
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Novel Fridays: Retreats
This week, we'll talk about how to make the best use of a short writing retreat. [...]
Novel Fridays: Workshops
Today we'll tackle one of the trickier issues facing the contemporary writer: workshops. [...]
Novel Fridays: Opening the Drawer
Greetings, novelists! I hope you’ve had productive weeks. As February comes to an end, we find ourselves three months out from the conclusion of NaNoWriMo. Now, it’s quite possible that you’re still working on your NaNo project–November 30 was simply a milestone for you and [...]
Novel Fridays: Genre
Happy Friday, novelists! We conclude our discussion of technique this week with publishing's most fraught distinction: genre. [...]
Novel Fridays: Style
Greetings, novelists! We continue our discussion of technique this week with one of the more elusive concepts: style. [...]
Novel Fridays: Structure
Happy Friday, novelists! I hope you had successful weeks. Once again, we will be delving into the different techniques we use when writing novels.
Now you may have been wondering in our discussion of time last week: what about flashbacks? Or flash forwards? How are the events of my novel best arranged? Should they only proceed in sequential order? Or in other words: what should the structure of my novel be? [...]
Novel Fridays: Time
Hello, novelists! How did your writing go this week? Did it seem like the hours were flying by as you worked? Or did each minute drag on and on in front of the blank page? Today, as you’ve likely guessed, we’ll continue our exploration of technique in novel writing with a discussion [...]
Novel Fridays: Points of View
Happy Friday, novelists! I hope your muses have been kind this week. Recently, we’ve considered ways of staying productive, research methods, getting to know your characters, and how you might approach submitting your novel to contests. For the next few weeks, we’ll spend some time [...]
Novel Fridays: The Contest Approach
Greetings, novelists! I hope you’ve had a productive week. Today we’re going to talk about one of novel writing’s more practical considerations, namely: I’ve written this thing, rewritten it, revised it…now what do I with it? It might be that you’ve decided to [...]
