Story (Manuscript) Formatting

January 20, 2009 in publishing, writer, writing tips
Tags: manuscript, novel, publish, published, publishing, write, writer, writing

The other day, a writer commented how long she decided upon which font to use for just the title of her story. She’s got a long way to go before she publishing stories, but her comment made me realize how often new writers take for granted how their documents need to be laid out. You [...]

NaNoWriMo Tips

October 31, 2008 in writer, writing tips
Tags: nanowrimo, novel, tips, writing

NaNoWriMo (National Writing Month) starts November 1 and lasts until November 30th, where you furiously write out a 50,000 page novel. It can be done. I won last year, much to my surprise. If I can do it, just about anyone else can. Here are some tips I found useful or discovered myself;

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NaNoWriMo-Writing a Novel in Thirty Days

September 22, 2008 in nanowrimo, writer
Tags: author, fiction, nanowrimo, novel, story, write, writing

November marks the beginning of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) where those crazy enough to sign up for this adventure will crank out 50,000 words in thirty days. Last year I not only joined, but found four friends from my writer’s group to join as well. The hope strove towards camaraderie and support. For the [...]