NaNo Prep – Act breaks
Slowing things down a bit to get the last major scene figured out.
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NaNo Prep – Midpoint
Hello again aspiring authors! Last time, we looked at the Beginning and End of our story. We knew how our character started and how the character ended up. Hopefully with some characterization and change along the way. Before we dive into the next part, I just wanted to take a minute and say that a
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How I Write – Part 6
Part 6 of my how I write series. I talk briefly about editing.
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How I Write – Part 5 – Writing
As if all the other things I’ve done haven’t been daunting enough, this is the most daunting yet. Looking at a blank page can be scary. Hopefully, by this point in the writing process, I’m pretty excited in my story and I’m ready to go, but sometimes I might be overwhelmed by how I’m going
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How I write: Part 4 – Sweet Emotions
Before I start writing, I have one more step, and I think it’s the most important. I go through my scenes to figure out a couple of things in each: emotions and action.
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How I Write: Part 3 – The Structure
Here’s Part 3 of my series on how I write. I’m going to be talking about structure of the story here, and the tool that I usually use: Scrivener. If you are a writer that writes long form, I would highly recommend getting and getting used to Scrivener. However, everyone’s process is different, so you can read what I have and adapt as you need too.
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The Wall Between
The Wall Between By Jarrett S. Smith It was hotter today than it had been in a while. Parith wiped the sweat off his brow as he pedaled the last few feet to his station. The wall loomed in front of him just like it did every day. Parith had been stationed at the wall