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73How to Write a Novel in Six Months, Week 21 Drafting Update: I Did It!
by Lela Davidson
I did it! I actually completed the first draft of my novel! I’m now the proud owner of 314 pages of fiction. (I haven’t actually printed it yet, but it’s here on my computer!) It’s a strange thing... published 3 weeks ago
73How to Write a Novel in Six Months, Week 20 Drafting Update: Racing Toward the Finish Line
by Lela Davidson
As I write this week’s update, a post-it note reminds me I only have ten drafting days left for this draft. And THAT is exciting! Some things have gone better than expected. Some other things, not so good.... published 4 weeks ago
74How to Write a Novel in Six Months, Week 19 Drafting Update: Surviving Interruption
by Lela Davidson
I skipped a week of updating on my progress but I assure you I continued to write! Although I took three days off for the Thanksgiving holiday, I wrote straight through the other days. In fact, I even amped... published 5 weeks ago
66How 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 2 months ago
67How 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 months ago
68How to Write a Novel in Six Months, Week 16 Drafting Update: Looking for an Agent
by Lela Davidson
Each week that passes brings me closer to a completed first draft of my novel. That is absolutely amazing to me! It’s been rough going at times, but the idea that I will soon be able to touch an actual... published 2 months ago
71How 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 2 months 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 3 months ago
65How to Write a Novel in Six Months, Week 13 Drafting Update: Writer’s Block
by Lela Davidson
Progress on the novel this week was terrible, awful, and only amounted to about one page of manuscript. What can I say? It must have been writer’s block, or hormones, or the economy. All I know is it all... published 3 months ago
66How 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 3 months ago
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