As soon as the iPad inspired a slurry of Android clones I’m sure more than a few writers thought, “Now I can write that novel or screenplay in bed, waiting at the doctor office, or yes, even while sitting on the toilet!” But wait! Not so fast. How does the state of the art stack
Why shower crayons work: Routine. It forces us to focus and make decisions, even if it’s only for a few minutes a day. You don’t need hours, days, or weeks to make a decision. Most decisions can take place within a few seconds. Even the most creative thorny problems. You may not find the best
Novelists usually work by a process of drafting. They write straight through to a 1st draft. Then they change the things they don’t like in the 2nd draft, and iterate into a 3rd, etc. Drafting is a linear process. Plotting, also sometimes called ‘blocking,’ is used by script writers to establish economical scene flow.
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Posted by : | On : October 31, 2007
I’ll be cheering from the sidelines this year, as last year I learned that word count (somewhat counter-intuitively) doesn’t necessarily equate with story progress. That and I’m knee deep in trying to finish previous years NaNo endeavors.
Good luck to those of you taking the plunge with National Novel Writing Month tomorrow. Perhaps in a year or two’s time, we’ll all need a National Novel Finishing Month.
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