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90How to Write a Novel in Six Months, Week 2: Resources on Structure
Welcome to my journey from blank page to first draft of a novel in six months! I hope you'll find resources and inspiration here to help you realize your own dream of printing out a huge stack of paper that...
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83Write Your Novel From The Gut
"Ari on my knee" oil pastel 8" x 10" by Robert A. Sloan. My furry muse sheds virtual cat hairs of inspiration in your direction! People go into therapy to "get rid of their dirty laundry." Novelists wash...
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84How to use First Person, Second Person or Third Person in Novel Writing
First person shows a scene from within one character’s point of view as if the character’s telling the story about something he or she experienced. Second person is a “game master voice” describing...
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85How to Write a Novel in Six Months: One Writer’s Journey
Most of us who write on a regular basis (and many people who've never used a pencil for more than a grocery list) have the same dream: to write a novel. I'm no different. This fall I'm attempting [again] to...
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81How to Use Microsoft One Note to Organize Novel Notes
Acer Aspire One by Robert A. Sloan. Ink and watercolor in 5" x 8 1/2" Moleskine watercolor journal. Back in the day, novelists used typewriters. Sometimes they were portable and sleek, the one I had in high...
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82How to use Past Tense, Present Tense and Future Tense in Novel Writing
One of the easy ways to tell beginner writing is that the story bounces from past tense through present tense and future tense at random. Unskilled writers who don't keep a consistent tense can confuse...
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82Why I Write: A Reflection
Having reached my 49th Hub and completing the 30/30 Hubchallenge, I thought about maybe taking a week off or so, basking in the satisfaction of a job well done and just laying myself off on...
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83Tips for finding ideas to write a story
What did you say? You cannot find anything to write about for a story. Open your eyes, look around you, and listen to snippets of conversation. Here are a few simple suggestions: You could be a nurse, what...
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81How to Start a Novel
Lewis Carroll may have been the one who said it. "Begin at the beginning, proceed through the middle until you reach the end. Then stop." That isn't how all writers work. Some writers do a lot better...
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81How to Write a Novel Synopsis
Blue Marble and Agate Slice still life in oil pastel by Robert A. Sloan. This still life is a study, simpler than a painting but showing that I can paint light falling through blue glass on a brown sliced...
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