Write a Better Novel — Practical wisdom for novelists and other storytellers

Clutter Management for Novelists – Don’t Bother

January 25, 2010

I confess – I am a pack rat.

A Good Year, Like a Good Novel, Begins Well

January 22, 2010

To heck with the calendar. I know January has come and practically gone. I don’t care. My 2010 is starting…NOW.
And it’s going to be The Year of Writing a Better Novel. I’ve spent over a month trying to figure out what would be most helpful to readers of this blog, and come up with a [...]

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Beyond NaNoWriMo – Revision, Anyone?

December 1, 2009

Okay, NaNoWriMo’s over. Were you having fun careening along on the crest of your sheer unabated creativity? Well, get ready to hit the rocks. It’s time to revise.

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NaNoWriMo Flu? Take a Mega Dose of Inspiration

November 3, 2009

Did you miss the 15 Day Countdown to NaNoWriMo? No problem. There’s no reason why you can’t do the whole thing in a single day’s writing session.

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NaNoWriMo Meets Dr. Wicked

October 28, 2009

Dread writers block as NaNoWriMo approachs. Dr. Wicked’s Write or Die might be for you.

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Beyond NaNoWriMo – What Then? Ask Anne

October 22, 2009

Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife which, among other things, reveals the full extent of serious revision Anne Frank undertook to make her diary read like a good novel.

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