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What Genre Should you Write? I was talking to a friend about a new novel he’s working on. He’s not sure what genre it falls under and what genre he should aim for. Of course, there are two answers to this: Just write. One way of looking at it is that he just needs to [...]
I’ve taken a look at my statistics and here’s the top posts on Fiction Notes for 2009, in order of popularity. Five of these are the first page of a series of posts on a certain topic. The other five are individual posts. Novel Writing. 30 Days to a Stronger Novel. 30 one-minute creative writing [...]
Find a Working Method that Works for You My current WIP novel is at a curious stage. I’ve finished two drafts and now have feedback from two readers. I collated all the critiques onto one printout and have made even more notes on these pages. So, the creative writing problem has been how to proceed [...]
Writers Plan Around Life Events Do you plan your writing year? Do you plan a month or a season ahead? How do you deal with stressful periods of life? I view my writing as my work, something I am privileged to do every day. I do try to plan ahead and make sure I’m accomplishing [...]
Time Away from a Novel Can Give you Perspective One of the most important things I do to improve my novel is to take a break sometimes. That’s what I’m doing this weekend. I’m attending a quilting workshop and playing with color instead of with words. Our teacher for the weekend is Mary Lou Weideman. [...]
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