Preparing for NaNoWriMo: Schedule Your Writing

/ October 31, 2011/ nanowrimo, writing/ 5 comments

The suggested word count to beat NaNoWriMo is 1,667 words per day, every day. November is a short month. If you’re in the US, it’s even shorter because of things like Thanksgiving and Black Friday. With several days out of commission, you need to be super-focused when it comes to writing and front load your word count. I understand my

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Preparing for NaNoWriMo: Plotcards

/ October 17, 2011/ nanowrimo, plotcards, plotter, prewriting, tools for writers, writing, writing process/ 10 comments

It’s that time of year, not of foliage or way-too-soon Christmas decorations, but of words and words and words. That’s right. It’s NaNoWriMo time. If you’re new on the block, this weird word stands for National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. Sounds crazy, right? To quote the Cheshire Cat, “We’re

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Writing with R Kelly: Read On Prompts

/ September 19, 2011/ bad movies, blogfest, learning from movies, movies, writing, writing with r kelly/ 14 comments

Horrible movies. We’ve all seen them. Some people live for the craptacular*. The stilted dialogue and the horrible CGI make you giddy with glee. You’ve got your heckle down to a well-oiled machine. Hate or love them, bad movies do kinda rock. They rock even harder when you can learn from them. If you’ve followed The Pie for a while,

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You Can Write That Again

/ September 14, 2011/ lists, musings, Road Trip Wednesday, wip, writing/ 14 comments

Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you link your blog in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday. Today’s Topic: What themes, settings, motifs, scenes, or other elements do you find recurring in your work? I’d love to say that I’m

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