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Tag Archives: Goals
NaNoFeed: The Stopwatch and the Word of Honor
The whole secret of being a professional writer is showing up to work. Whether you call it BIC (Butt in Chair) or daily practice, it consists of two simple components: the stopwatch and the word of honor. You make an … Continue reading
NaNoFeed: On the Eve
In the run-up to National Novel Writing Month, I’ve spent the last month interviewing my characters and figuring out a rough notion of the setting for my story. I’ve also added a few more goals to the list for the … Continue reading
Go, little book…
… so this past weekend (about a thousand years ago) I did my internet research and wrote my query letter and my synopsis, did one last read-through of the manuscript, and sent it off. So I made my September 1 … Continue reading
The ten-percent solution: a tale of literary liposuction
I’ve heard this advice from multiple sources: Write, and then cut 10%. I’m here to say it works. No, I’m here to say how it works. Between 5 August and 19 August, I banged out the draft of my superhero … Continue reading
Novel soup, or how to cook a superhero romance
Novel pre-writing is a lot like making soup. Here’s the stuff I threw in the cookpot for my Superhero Romance project, currently in raw draft and being beta-read: Superhero romance. OK, for some reason I liked the setup. I read … Continue reading
Goals check-in (September 1 goal): we have a draft!
Well, I’ve met part of my goal for September 1 (see last post): the superhero romance is in raw draft, at 33,000 words. I took off some vacation days from Ye Olde Day Jobbe to do that (what better use … Continue reading
Writing goals for the next six months
It’s better to start small than to promise big things and fall short. I’ve been modest in updating this blog, doing Six Sentence Sunday and the occasional during-the-week update. Nonetheless, I know myself for a “real writer” now (you know, … Continue reading
E. P. Beaumont 