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Acer Aspire One by Robert A. Sloan. Ink and watercolor in 5" x 8 1/2" Moleskine watercolor journal.79

How 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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How to Write a Novel in Six Months, Week One: Mapping out the Six-Month Plan

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...

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How 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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How to Write a Novel in Six Months, Week 3, Index Cards Are My Friends

I have read in a lot of different places how great writers always have a post-it note or index card somewhere on them so that when brilliance strikes they are ready to record it. I have also read about and...

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Ghost Travels - NaNoWriMo 2009 excerpt

For my NaNoWroMo story in 2009, I wrote a ghost story. It is my first attempt at writing a novel and I really surprised myself. I have pasted most of it below so I can share it. If anyone gets inspired by it,...

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The Killer Guide To Writing Crime Fiction

So you've decided you want to write Crime Fiction. Crime Fiction is Plot Driven Types of Crime Fiction. Cosy Hardboiled Police Procedural Legal Future Hubs and community invite Before you go rushing off...

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Novel Writing Software

Novel Writing Software helps writers write novels that are more likely to get thousands of readers for their fiction. Yet what makes for good novels is great writing software. Published writer, Strephon Kaplan-Williams shows you writing tips as functions built in to novel writing software. Strephon evaluates writing software he uses to write novels. Save yourself time and money understanding what novel writing software to buy.

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Fiction Writing(how to begin a novel)/Developing Characters

We are sitting down at the drawing board, this blank ominous space daring you to continue on with your endeavor. Let us, for the sake of spirit, start like we do not have any characters in mind. Since this is...

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How To Achieve Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Writing Success

Some writers struggle for decades, turning out novels, short stories, submitting to literary journals, agents and publishers, collecting small royalty payments here and there and working their 9 to 5 job for...

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How to Write a Novel in Six Months, Week 4: Sketching Characters

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....

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