Week 4 – What to Do – Plot or Characters?
At this point if you are a pantzer, you will probably start writing. But if you are a plotter who needs a little direction, this is when you will probably need to decide whether to plot or create your characters. Most of the how-to books suggest one or the other. I usually do a combination [...]
Week 3 – Who’s Your Audience?
Now that you’ve come up with a story idea and have had some time to play around with it, the next step is to determine your audience. Who would read this kind of story? Here are some of your choices:
Literary isn’t really a genre but from everything I’ve read, no one has really given a [...]
Week 2 – Brainstorming
BRAINSTORMING, MINDMAPPING, OR PLAYING MAKE BELIEVE
Now that you have your spark of an idea for a novel, what do you do with it? This is when it starts getting fun. There are several methods and I will share a few with you to get you started:
1. What If – This is where you [...]
Week 1 – The Spark of an Idea
I have always been fascinated with the writing process. That is one of the reasons I’ve enjoyed the author interviews on this blog. If you have read enough of them, you will see what I mean. They are all doing the same thing, writing novels, but they all have their own path they follow. There [...]
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