[A note from SusieMay: So, like you all, I’m working hard on my NaNoWriMo project! To keep me motivated, I pulled out a conversation I had with an aspiring author …
Jumpstarting your NaNoWriMo Story!
It’s Day 2 of NaNoWriMo! How is it going? Your brain hasn’t shut down yet, right? I liken NaNoWriMo to running the 400 in track. The first 100 meters you take …
Writer’s Math: Prep a Scene with 5+5+1
As a novelist, I thought I’d escaped all things numerical. Fine with me, as the mention of numbers is reason to cue the white noise in my brain. Through the …
The Easy Fix to creating MOTIVATION (and adding tension to your scene!)
Extreme Book Makeover: Saggy Scene Solutions – Creating powerful MOTIVATION Have you ever read a scene where the character says or does something that seems to come out of the …
Hitting the NaNoWriMo Blues – how to keep your scenes from sagging!
Are you in the middle of your NaNoWriMo project? By now, you might have 20-40K words written…and along with feeling tired, your scenes are feeling, well, tired. I get that. …