NaNoWriMo Break: Writing a Novel in 7 Easy Steps
Part of a month-long series of inspirational or informational posts during NaNoWriMo. Are you writing a science fiction novel? You’re in luck! It only takes seven easy steps.
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Month: November 2015
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NaNoWriMo Break: Words and Phrases to be Retired
Part of a month-long series of inspirational or informational posts during NaNoWriMo. Not unlike the previous entry regarding snowclones, these are phrases you may want to make sure some characters don’t say — or perhaps you want to get a sense of period and sprinkle them in. Ponder for a minute on how memes and phrases spread across time and space. What should your characters be saying?
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NaNoWriMo Break: SnowClones
Part of a month-long series of inspirational or informational posts during NaNoWriMo. I came across the term ‘snowclone‘ last month and thought it was fun. Perhaps you have characters that use snowclones. Perhaps you want to be sure they aren’t used at all. Now you know.
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Star Trek Fans: We Might Not Be Doomed
Mondays, by Industrial Age tradition and Garfield, are generally considered the worst. However, this Monday, CBS had an extremely exciting announcement, at least to a certain strain of geeks such as myself: There will be a new Star Trek TV series! So, there’s a new Star Trek TV show, eh? If that’s so, why the tentative title above? Well, we have to wonder what kind of Star Trek is in store. I mean, technically, Space…
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NaNoWriMo Break: Daily Habits of Writers
Part of a month-long series of inspirational or informational posts during NaNoWriMo. To kick off this month-long series, what better way than to look at some of the methods employed by some accomplished writers? Mind you, depending on what dayjob or other tasks you’re fitting into the month, these may not all be feasible, but they may get wheels turning about how you’ll structure your days over the next few weeks.
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Scheduled Breaks for NaNoWriMo
As many of us plunge into NaNoWriMo (in my case, a script-based variant thereof), I came up with a cunning plan: have inspirational and informational posts throughout the month to help me and perhaps others. Perhaps you can consult these when you’re stuck. Perhaps they’ll be natural breaks if you’re writing using something like the Pomodoro Technique. Whatever the case, I’ll try and update these bright and early every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday — because…