Introducing Ruth Mini, a Special Collections Librarian and a YA romance writer who loves to branch out in other genres. She writes fiction and non-fiction. She’s written two romance novellas, and a children’s picture book and has plenty more books in store, including a new series. One of Ruth’s favorite things to do is watch …
So Nanowrimo is a challenge where you write 50k words in 30 days. When you head across to the NanoWrimo website you have the opportunity to announce your project. Now when you decide to announce your project, you’re able to include your title, if you already have one, genre, type of book, the project summary …
This is week 6 and the final week of nano prep and the nano series. In just three days you along with over 500k writers will embark on a writing journey like never before. How do you feel? Are you excited? Are you pumped up? Are you nervous? I’m sure so many of you are …
For the last four weeks, I’ve been releasing episodes to help you find your perfect idea, flesh out believable characters, craft a detailed plot, and build strong worlds and settings. And you’ve been hard at work preparing yourself for one of the biggest writing challenges in the world. You along with over 400k writers will …
A great story is based in vivid, bright descriptive settings. A story setting is when and where the action takes place. Your story’s setting establishes the environment of the fictional world that you have created that will be planted in the reader’s mind. Most stories have multiple settings, an overall, large setting and then smaller …
There are many different types of plotting methods to choose from and as a writer, you need to figure out exactly which plotting method is right for you. In NanoWrimo there are 5 plotting methods that are discussed. NanoWrimo also has a plotting method quiz that you can take to decide which plotting method is …
“Steve Goodhold was a good kid. He got good grades and was never late to class. Little did everyone know that he spent his nights working as an internet hacker for a modern Mafioso who he met through his older cousin, Peter.” “Steve didn’t need much sleep, which was a good thing. He slept maybe …
National novel writing month starts November first. And for those who don’t know, it’s a challenge where you attempt to write 50k words in 30 days. Now I’ve taken part in this challenge so many times as well as Camp Nanowrimo and the goal is basically to just get writing done. It’s all about focus …
A few years ago I wrote my first ever mystery thiller book. It’s a psych thriller and one my most proudest accomplishments. Now it took me 60 days to officially prepare for that book. This was around the time of NaNowrimo and usually nano is where you write 50k words in 30 days. To help …
If you think you can’t write because…then this episode is just for you This week on Journey to Published, I talk about how a tree crash landing into my house sparked inspiration to write over 3000 words in 2 writing sessions. I share the lows of the week and how it didn’t stop me from …
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