Category: Miscellaneous

182 hours
Miscellaneous

182 hours

Writing Sparkle7 Comments

This year I am writing a novel. I am not someone who can sit down at a scheduled time and just bang some writing out. Power writing is not my strong suit. I need to be in the zone, or I need to get into it somehow. This can be problematic when I have set… Continue reading 182 hours

Surprise Appearance Required
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Surprise Appearance Required

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This year I am writing a novel. As I was bleeding the words for a big scene in the novel I was introduced to a new character. I use the word “introduced” because this wasn’t a character that I had originally planned for, but it was one who became pivotal for advancing the plot. So,… Continue reading Surprise Appearance Required

The Nameless Files
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The Nameless Files

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This year I am writing a novel. Image from http://www.canva.com When you are drafting a piece of writing, long or short, do you use a working title? At what point do you come up with a working title? How do you come up with a working title? For me, at least this time, I know… Continue reading The Nameless Files

Life in Colour Challenge – Brown
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Life in Colour Challenge – Brown

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CadyLuck Leedy is hosting a Life in Colour Photo Challenge in 2021. I think is sounds like a great challenge; January is Brown. The rules can be found: here. Here is my Life in Brown photograph. I am calling it Quietly Confident. Brown is a background colour that allows that colours around it to shine.… Continue reading Life in Colour Challenge – Brown

The process of being mentally stimulated.
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The process of being mentally stimulated.

Writing Sparkle7 Comments

This year I am going to write a novel. I shifted from character development to some scene work. My main character’s childhood home is going to play an important part in the story so it goes without saying that I need to do some planning and development around it. This is going to be my… Continue reading The process of being mentally stimulated.

Fixed and Unable to Move
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Fixed and Unable to Move

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This year I am going to write a novel? Well, here we are at week three and I am already stuck. I drafted up about 750 words as a start to my introduction chapter. I took a break and now I can’t seem to find the thread I was travelling on. “It’s not the fear… Continue reading Fixed and Unable to Move

Chart showing dedication to the cause
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Chart showing dedication to the cause

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This year I am going to write a novel so let’s talk schedule. http://www.canva.com image First off, is my goal time. I have given myself 1 year to finish my rough draft. Now, how do I make that happen? I would love to be able to do a NaNoWriMo kind of schedule but realistically I… Continue reading Chart showing dedication to the cause

The Opening
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The Opening

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This year I am going to write a novel. The coffee is on, my pen is posed and this week’s thoughts are on an opening line. Here are a couple of my favourite story openers in no particular order: Alice Sebold’s The Almost Moon – “When all is said and done, killing my mother came… Continue reading The Opening

2021 Goal
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2021 Goal

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This year I am going to write a book. So, as I progress in this journey I hope to create posts that reflect on that in some way. I started research for this project over 2 years ago and just stopped for months and months. I just couldn’t get focused. I am hoping that blogging… Continue reading 2021 Goal