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72How to Write a Novel in Six Months, Week 18 Drafting Update: Plugging Along
by Lela Davidson
This was a good week, however I fell a bit behind on my drafting. The main theme of my novel writing these days is confidence. Maybe too much so! I’m starting to realize that the energy and enthusiasm level... published 6 days ago
61How to Write a Novel in Six Months, Week 17 Drafting Update: Confessing I Didn’t Write This Week
by Lela Davidson
I’m not going to make any excuses about not making page count progress on my novel this week. In the big scheme of things one week isn’t going to make a difference. Just as it’s true with health and... published 2 weeks ago
68How to Write a Novel in Six Months, Week 15 Drafting Update: Formulas and White Space
by Lela Davidson
This week I plodded (and plotted) along making respectable progress on the novel. It’s hard to believe that I’m close to halfway through the first draft. At the same time, it doesn’t really seem an... published 4 weeks ago
68How to Write a Novel in Six Months, Week 12 Drafting Update: Appreciating Plot and an Awful First Draft
by Lela Davidson
Progress on the novel this week was steady and relatively pain free. I’m starting to wonder how interesting these posts will be for the next several weeks as I get into the groove of writint the first draft... published 5 weeks ago
59How to Write a Novel in Six Months: Week 12 Drafting Update
by Lela Davidson
This week marked a major milestone in the drafting of my novel. I got to 100 pages! With that I made it through the beginning of the novel to the first major turning point, the point of no return, crossing... published 2 months ago
66How to Write a Novel in Six Months: Week 11 Drafting Update
by Lela Davidson
This week, the third of drafting, brought new information, challenges, and some frustration. The biggest thing I came up against was not enough motivation for my characters to do the things they were doing.... published 2 months ago
66How to Write a Novel in Six Months, Week 8, Writing the Synopsis
by Lela Davidson
I'm so excited to write this because writing the preliminary synopsis for my novel has made this my favorite week so far! Maybe it's just because I've been writing actually sentences on formatted pages in Word... published 3 months ago
74How to Write a Novel in Six Months, Week Seven: Detail Scene Beats
by Lela Davidson
Detail scene beats? What is that supposed to mean? Okay, I admit I don't actually know what that means, but it's the way I'm describing the next layer after the initial outlining. We all know there's supposed... published 3 months ago
76How to Write a Novel in Six Months, Week 4: Sketching Characters
by Lela Davidson
I have to admit, this isn't my favorite week. For whatever reason, I have always been resistant to the idea of creating detailed character sketches. Even though I know it'll help, I still don't like to do it.... published 3 months ago
90How to Write a Novel in Six Months, Week One: Mapping out the Six-Month Plan
by Lela Davidson
I have read all kinds of books that tell you how to complete the first draft of a novel in this or that amount of time and while it all sounds very sound and logical, nothing ever really spoke to me. I tried... published 3 months ago
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