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How did your goals go last week? What goals do you have for this week?

I finished NaNo! This week, I need to do my first edit of my novella.

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We are going to take a short break from our theme and talk about a topic that has probably hit us all. Procrastination. It’s a nasty little dragon that often grows ginormous at the most inconvenient times. For instance, the last week of NaNoWriMo. It will bring in other things such as a new shelf that needs a place in the living room which…[Read more]

How did your goals go last week? What do you have for goals this week?

I personally did terrible. I don’t even really want to know how many words I wrote last week, because I basically wrote 0 from Thursday on. Including today. Instead, I organized my whole living room today which is why these posts are so late. So yeah, you have a…[Read more]

How did your goals go last week? What are they for this week?

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To be honest with you, this is one area I have been extremely weak in. I’ve always had a hard time describing settings. I write historical fiction, so that’s part of it because I have to try to figure out what the setting even looks like. So I usually do the lazy thing and don’t describe it at all. Then I read Structuring Your Novel by K.M. Weila…[Read more]

Hi, Guys!  So I am helping a friend of mine edit a short story.  But the problem is, I don’t really know how to help edit.  I mean, I think I know the basics, but I don’t want to critique too much.  Any tips?

-Kylie

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Character introductions are very important in a book. What kinds of things do we need to remember when we are working on the beginning of our WIPs? K.M. Weiland has a few in her book, Structuring Your Novel that I’m going to share with you today.

• Compile all necessary components of your story in the first act. Anything that is mentioned later…

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For those doing NaNoWriMo, this could be helpful for you. And even for those who aren’t.

There are a few things you need to make sure you have in your first few chapters. I’ll go into a little more detail on some of them in subsequent weeks, but for now I’ll just go into a couple of quick things you want should include.

• Plant an irresistible…

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The numbers are in! We came in last, but next month we shall prevail! FYI, there is no prompt war for November, BUT  instead we are doing a month-long word war! So keep track of those word counts every day this month!

Avensbeck – 26627

Erekdale – 47230

Rillumen – 48371

New Wessex – 51082

Meraki- 53253

Parimi Alfa – 72127

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