Category: Musings
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I wrote today…
It was hard getting up this morning, or I should say, …this afternoon. But I got my 1600 words for NaNoWriMo, 1667 to be exact. I think I’m still struggling to adjust to the time change.
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1st week of NaNoWriMo…
it was intense, this first week of NaNoWriMo, but I got through it. i’ve been planning my novel, Lotus Blooming, since June. i’m glad I sketched it out.
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Sunday writing…
I see why so many people never finish books. It takes perseverance to write, and to keep at it. Today was Sunday and I wanted to take my youngest out. I try to spend an afternoon once a week with each of my children. With 3 children that can be tough, particularly when all three…
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NaNoWriMo…
I’m back. I haven’t written on this blog for over 8 weeks. It’s obviously easier for me to write about the craft of writing, than of my own exploits in writing. Why is that?
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Loves and Hates
What a character hates or despises says much about what she or he loves, adores, and that for which she or he yearns. The adage, “You can’t hate what you don’t love,” is as true for our characters as it is for us. A protagonist who hates their mother or father, most likely yearns for…
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Questions
Every novel seeks to answer a question. The question could arise from the premise, What if______meets_____, to which the plot of your story delivers the answer in showing what ensues when X meets Y. On another level your novel could raise a question that plumbs the depths of human personality and consciousness. Why is it…
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An Idea for a Story…
I have the idea for a story. It may turn into a novel. For now it opens with, “…The great god Maui, it is said, created the island Maui, by tricking his brothers into thinking he had caught a huge fish. He told them to paddle faster so that he could pull the fish to…