Jul - 28th
Character Quirks and Novel Writing Software
Posted at 8:47 am | Filed Under Characters, Resources & Reviews, Writing Fiction
I may be taking a few weeks off before continuing with my next novel project, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been thinking about my projects or fooling around with some interesting tools, books, and such in the meantime. So I just thought I’d share a quick run-down of some of the things I’ve been [...]
Jul - 16th
Getting Into the Head of Your Characters
Posted at 11:23 am | Filed Under Book Outlining, Characters, My Projects, Writing Fiction
While outlining Three Weeks, I’m doing what I can to get into the mind of my main character (Jillian). As the book involves her looking back over failed relationships, I’ve been spending a lot of time lately doing the same - trying to bring up old emotions for example. I posted about my efforts to [...]
Jul - 11th
Three Weeks - Novel Outline - Day 3
Posted at 4:03 pm | Filed Under Book Outlining, My Projects, Writing Fiction
As expected, yesterday’s “scene cards” took more than one day (given that I used 17 instead of 10). Yesterday I took care of the first 10, and today I finished up the remaining 7. I also managed to get through Day 3’s tasks - a research list and an At-a-Glance outline. Given the way my [...]
