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Personality Types: Enneagrams
In a previous post, I talked about discovering a character’s goal, motivation, and conflict as part of the work I do to write. In addition to motivation, I spend some time on their personality more...
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I Won NaNoWriMo
At some point, from some position, I'll be able to see a path through this thing I did it. The story is there. The pacing is a disaster; one of the scenes I wrote twice because I changed my mind about...
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Fending Off Overwhelm
The revising is not going well. There are big problems, little problems, sentence problems, paragraph problems, plot problems, character problems. I’m not even to the point of following the tentacles...
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NaNoWriMo Day 2
Current theme music: It turns out I have some major work deadlines this week. I’ve written about resistance before, I’ve written a novel before, and I’ve even won NaNo before, so I know because I’ve...
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Week 2
I’ve checked off a lot of work stuff. I’ve had meals that didn’t include pizza or Halloween candy. I’ve fought off the drama queen (her name is Yolanda): “Oh my God, I’m drinking Irish breakfast tea...
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Staggering Over the Finish Line
Next I'm going to read a library bookI know how I want to celebrate the completion of this draft: a ceremonial burning of (not the only copy of) the manuscript. During the last week of writing, I felt...
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