NaNoWriMo RE: Writing Totems

By Wendy C. Allen on  From eknano.blogspot.com
Home » Forums » NaNo Tips & Strategies » Reaching 50,000!Totems bereccaboxTotems0 / 50,000Official ParticipantJoined: Oct 30, 2006Location: Fort Worth, TXPosts: 37Posted on:Oct 3, 2010 - 09 04In all the years that I have competed in this, I have never once had a totem. I've always wanted one, but have never had the money or time to search for one.What's your totem and how does it inspire you?Also, what should one look for in a totem? Just inspiration, or should one look for a deeper meaning...Read Full Story

NaNoWriMo RE: Too Long vs Too Short - Reaching 50,000 Words

By Wendy C. Allen on  From eknano.blogspot.com
Home » Forums » Genre Lounges » Fantasy"Big" storie for Nano? Amanita"Big" storie for Nano?0 / 50,000Official ParticipantJoined: Nov 18, 2009Posts: 7Posted on:Oct 6, 2010 - 07 32Hello,my first question for the new forum? ;)I have to decide something now. I've created my own fantasy-world with the plot I've already been describing in various threads here. But looking at all the back-ground stuff I really doubt that this story can be told in anything close to 50 000 words. Now I also have...Read Full Story

BlueCat Screenplay Competition Call For Entries - Short Scripts

By bluecat on
Grand prize: $2000Two Finalists: $500 each Have you got a great idea for a screenplay that just doesn’t happen to be feature length? Maybe you’ve already written a short screenplay – between five and forty pages long – but you’re not sure what to do with it. Maybe you’re looking to get some perspective on your short before you try to produce it, and maybe pick up a little extra cash for the budget while you’re at it.If so, then submit your screenplay to BlueCat Short Screenplay Competition...Read Full Story

NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH – BE QUICK IT ENDS ON THE 30th NOVEMBER...

By Barmac on  From thedailymuse.blog.co.uk
National Novel Writing Month is, they say, a fun, approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing on November 1. The goal is to write a 50,000 word, (approximately 175 page) novel by 11:59:59, November 30. NaNoWriMo http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/whatisnano is a novel-writing program for everyone who has thought fleetingly about writing a novel but has been scared away by the time and effort involved. As you spend November writing, you can draw comfort from the fact that, all around the...Read Full Story

NaNoWriMo RE: Advice for Self Publishing with LuLu

By Wendy C. Allen on  From eknano.blogspot.com
Home » All Regions » USA :: MaineLulu?? lizbeth9106 Lulu??  0 / 50,000 Official ParticipantJoined: Sep 9, 2010 Location: New EnglandPosts: 13 Posted on:Oct 23, 2010 - 19 02 Does anyone else on here sell their writing on Lulu?? I recently self-published a short ( *very* short, about 13 pages long) non-fiction "10 Reasons to be Homeschooled", on there and have only now a month and a half later sold my first copy. I was wondering if anyone else has sold their work there.Thanks, God Bless...Read Full Story

Prepping For Writing Horror by Watching Horror Movies... (NaNoWriMo)

By Wendy C. Allen on  From eknano.blogspot.com
Home » Forums » Genre Lounges » Horror & SupernaturalPrepping For Writing Horror by Watching Horror Movies...It's only 7 days til NaNoWriMo, as usual I will be writing Horror - my seventh year as a Horror Wrimo, YAY! I love doing Edgar Alan Poe style Horror, and so every October I pull out my Poe books and read them. Than the last week of October, I drag out all my dozens of Vincent Price DVDs (most of them based on Poe books) and start watching them.As I do every year, I am prepping for...Read Full Story

NaNoWriMo RE: I've Killed One of My Characters!

By Wendy C. Allen on  From eknano.blogspot.com
Home » Forums » Life During NaNo » ShoutoutsI've Killed One of My Characters! jadedragon I've Killed One of My Characters! 0 / 50,000 Official ParticipantJoined: Jun 25, 2008Location: Baton Rouge, LouisianaPosts: 135Posted on:Oct 2, 2010 - 17 46 When I wrote my first novel, one of the best feelings I had was when I killed a character. I went on a rampage so bad that I had to go back and UNKILL some of the characters I killed off. See, I forgot that I needed some of them later on in...Read Full Story
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Ways to Start a Story
There are three ways I generally start writing a new story. Most often I start with the scrap of an idea, almost as often with a character, and once in a while a setting grabs me and starts the ball rolling. There is a fourth way to get a story started, and it's one I've largely ignored. That method is to begin with a theme in mind. I've avoided this method of story creation largely to avoid writing fiction with a "message". I write to...  
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Tough Decisions
First off I want to apologize for lack of blog posts lately. I was hammered with two nasty colds in a row and it was all I could do to get some articles written. But I'm back at it and the content will be flowing freely once again. I've been examining my writing life and trying to make some decisions about what direction to go in a few areas. One of the tough decisions for me is the choice of genre. I love several categories of genre fiction...  
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Children's Book Author Visits Bookshop
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Epic: A work of 200,000 words or more.
Novel: A work of 60,000 words or more.
Novella: A work of at least 17,500 words but under 60,000 words.
Novelette: A work of at least 7,500 words but under 17,500 words.
Short story: A work of at least 1,000 words but under 7,500 words.
Flash fiction: A work of less than 1,000 words.
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