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Wednesday Fun: Character Cards

March 2, 2011 Writing

I’m stuck. I’m at a certain point in my WIP where I really need to know more about the world I’ve created. Half the novel takes place there, the other half in “the real world”, and the scenes taking place in the “real world” storyline have outstripped the other scenes.
And I’m stuck because I [...]

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Writing Inspirations

January 25, 2010 Writing

It doesn’t often happen to me, but yesterday I woke up feeling rather glum. Whenever that happens, I find that the best antidote is to focus on being open to inspiration.
Often, too, the inspiration that comes tells me a lot about something important I’ve been forgetting, which is often at the root of why I’m [...]

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On Writing: Uphill Again

June 20, 2009 Writing

Today’s word count: 2,224
NANTUCKET total word count: 57,957 words
HARPER total word count: 5,435 words
Today I started with another scene from earlier in the book, and then ended my session with a current scene, but again things were slower than normal. I’ve moved now solidly into the middle of the book, and unlike most days, I [...]

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