Tag: writing process
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Reading, not writing, with the end in mind.
On my fabulous writing retreat to Tbilisi, Georgia (which I’ll have to post about another day), I finished the first draft of my 11th novel. This one is a sequel to novel 10, my first baseball novel. I’ve had so much fun writing both of these stories, and now that I have an ending, I…
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A Storyline So Obvious that It Nearly Writes Itself
I abhor outlining when writing. I’ve seen the tutorials and how certain other professionals plan their stories, but that, to me, would feel like being forced to write state-sponsored propaganda under Stalin’s regime. Why would anyone want to lock themselves into a pre-conceived structure? I guess my brain just doesn’t work that way. I’ve said…
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“What’s next?” asks a writer.
“What’s next?” is always a conundrum for a writer settling on a new project. There isn’t ever a correct answer. I’m the type of writer who always has several irons in the fire with a few others simmering in the periphery. The year of the pandemic has placed its mark on my writing tasks in…
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Setting: Real or Fictitious?
Choosing a setting for a novel isn’t always an easy task. A writer friend advised me once to chose a fictitious setting for one of my novels, and she was absolutely right. In that case. The advantages of choosing a fictitious setting are many. Such as: The writer can make it look and feel however…