Tag: novel
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The Romance of the Epistolary Novel
I’ve made a huge dent in The Woman On The Wall this week, finally hitting my flow in the balance between the modern-day timeline and the historic epistolary component. Incorporating the fictitious journals and letters of Francesco Melzi and determining their role in the storytelling process has, to be honest, posed the biggest dilemma for…
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My Bucket List of Novel Settings
I’m a bit lusty in the travel department lately, not really able to get my mind off of the frolicking in France I’ll be doing this September. However, my family will report that wanderlust and I have been BFFing hard since I got my first National Geographic in the mail at age six. Novel writing…
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Day 36 – Scouting Locations
Nailing down setting for novels is like traveling without leaving your chair. Check out these mystical Ukrainian sites I’ve been considering for my Sibylline project.
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On The Act Of Putting Yourself Out There
Musings on the great writer’s question, “Am I good enough?”
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Day 31 – Productivity& The Collapse of Time
Productive days are the best kind. The total absorption into material and storytelling becomes meditative. The devotion to ideas and evolution of that story sparks a magic. When it was all over, I couldn’t even remember which Writer’s Studio day it was. In the midst of it all, my brother and I even managed to…
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Day 26/27 – The Many Stages of Writing
This weekend was crazy busy, and I got all crazy trying to figure out Adobe Spark as well. It makes fun videos and is easy to use for novices such as myself. I go through a lot of stages in my writing, especially when I am heads-down in the middle of big story dumping. Trying…
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Casting The Players: The Women
After my post on the Men of MOG, I wanted to come back and really let you dig into the woman power that is the crux of the novel. Their lives and motivations are why I even wanted to write it in the first place. See, the reality is that the legend of The Beast…
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