Tag: rough draft
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Of Dilemmas, Alice in Wonderland, and Shifts in Consciousness…
There comes a time in every story or novel when the main character stands in the midst of her or his dilemma like Alice does in Wonderland. The protagonist ponders, How do present circumstances differ from my immediate past? This place, like that of Alice in her wondrous, and yet frightening Wonderland sits between the…
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Peaks, Valleys and Plateaus…
Between all of this I want to finish the rough draft of the novel I started writing during NaNoWriMo. Though having reached the 50,000 minimum, I still have to complete the middle and write the
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The Gifts of Writing Fast…
While some are daunted by the daily word count asked of us (1600) during NaNoWriMo, the positive aspect of this entire venture is to simply write. … Such a high word count due to the compression of time (one month) leaves little time to think, which for me, is where the inner critic slips in
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Revising vs. Editing
Writers revise. Editors edit. –Author, editor and journalist, Rhonda Crowder Good novels must undergo both processes. As to who carries them out on a work of fiction is a matter of subtle and often unconscious debate. Author, editor and journalist, Rhonda Crowder whom I recently interviewed on my weekly blog talk radio show, Book Talk…