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How to Write Your Fastest Story Ever

by Eva, in category Plotting, Writing
How to Write Your Fastest Story Ever

The knowledge that writing fast doesn’t mean writing bad, was one of the most importantย lessons I learned from NaNoWriMo. In fact, manyย famous novels and novellas were written in just a few weeks: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet, Matthew Lewis’s The Monk, H. Rider Haggard’s King Solomon’s Mines, as well asย many other works… Read More

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How to Grow As a Writer

by Eva, in category Writing
How to Grow & Aim Higher As a Writer

Writing often feels like takingย two steps forward and one step back (or worse, one forward and two back). As if that weren’t hard enough, naysayers keep claiming that writing is an in-bornย talent, rather than a transferable skill. Codswallop. I firmly believe that as long as you’re willing to put in the work and play the… Read More

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20+ Free Writing Ebooks to Become a Better Writer

by Eva, in category Books, Promotion, Writing

There’s a wealthย of valuable writing advice in this list of free writing ebooks. I’m sure that like me, you’ll be amazed at just how generousย these writers are, and how much enthusiasm they have to help youย reachย yourย writing goals. I know we’re all enchanted by the idea of making a living with nothing but our words, but… Read More

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Novel in a Month Notebook

by Eva, in category Printables, Writing

This November I will be participating in my 13th NaNoWriMo. If you ask me what I wrote in each previous year, whether I rebelled, whether I won, or where on earth my manuscripts are, I would have a hard time telling you. So when I say that it’s a good idea to print out this… Read More

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How to Finish Your First Novella or Novel

by Eva, in category Writing

Writing a novel may be hard, but finishing it is much harder! novelling take-aways & suggestions 1. Make sure you LOVE your idea. Especially if you’re writing a series. The germ for a series needs to be strong enough to set you alight with excitement; it needs to be something that you feel like you… Read More

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I stole the idea for the opening of my novel from Marie Corelliโ€™s ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ. It all begins with an avalancheโ€ฆ
Rather apt, especially when I remember that I thought ๐•ญ๐–‘๐–†๐–ˆ๐– ๐•ฒ๐–—๐–†๐–’๐–’๐–†๐–— would grow into no more than a short story.
Iโ€™m now past the 50K mark. I think I have another 18-20K to type up, and Iโ€™m aiming for a final MS of 90-100K. 
Iโ€™ve posted the first few paragraphs in my story highlight, if youโ€™d like to read it.
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Typing up a novel takes a surprisingly long time. Typing up a novel takes a surprisingly long time.
Especially when you get distracted by arranging your desk. ๐Ÿค”โ˜•๏ธ
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I had fun putting together this collage sheet with I had fun putting together this collage sheet with Latin language ephemera. Iโ€™ve shared it in the Coterie on my website if youโ€™d like to use it. I thought it might make a nice file folder or TN cover? ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ
I love the look and feel of paper. When we were emptying out my parentsโ€™ offices, nothing delighted me more than finding forgotten piles of yellowed copy paper and notepads. I hoard wrinkled tissue paper, and brown paper packaging, and calendar pages. And now, to top it off, Iโ€™ve discovered those tiny little vellum booklets on Aliexpress. Help! ๐Ÿ˜ฌ
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โœจ๐Ÿ”ฎ My magical worldbuilding course is OPEN! โœจ๐Ÿ”ฎ My magical worldbuilding course is OPEN! 
Follow the link in my bio if youโ€™d like to join. ๐Ÿ–‹
This is probably my favourite chapter from the textbook: How to Frankenstein Remarkable Creatures & Aliens - taking inspiration from medieval bestiaries. I want to call it a โ€œmonster mรถnsterโ€. Hehe. ๐ŸŽƒ
What are your plans for Halloween / NaNoWriMo Eve?
๐Ÿ•ฏ Iโ€™m thinking of doing some writing by candlelight, but Iโ€™m looking for ideas!
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Are you planning to do NaNoWriMo this year? I'm t Are you planning to do NaNoWriMo this year?
I'm thinking of being a NaNo rebel and working on my WIP, ๐•ญ๐–‘๐–†๐–ˆ๐– ๐•ฒ๐–—๐–†๐–’๐–’๐–†๐–—.
So much has changed since I posted this Preptober Schedule last year... but my novel has remained my mainstay. ๐Ÿ–ค
โœจ Also, in case you missed my email last week, my magical WORLDBUILDING COURSE is opening next month! Watch for more announcements, if you're interested. ๐Ÿ˜Š
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"Writing has never been work to me, even when it c "Writing has never been work to me, even when it comes out badly, I like the action, the sound of the typer, a way to go. And even when I write badly and it comes back, I look at it and I don't mind too much: I've got a chance to improve. There's the matter of staying with it, tapping away, it seems to keep mending together; the mistakes and the good luck until it sounds and reads and feels better. Not that it's important or not important. Just tap tap tap. Of course, in the typing it's good if something comes along that is interesting to say, and such things don't arrive every day. You've got to wait a couple of days sometimes. And you've got to know that the big boys who have been doing it for centuries really haven't done it too well, even though you have copied from them, couldn't have started at any beginning without them, there's still nothing to owe. So, tap tap tap..." - Charles Bukowski to John Martin (January 3, 1982)
I bought this book for a writer friend, but couldn't resist flipping through it myself. It's a collection of letters that Bukowski sent out over the years, mostly in response to submissions & rejections & (heaven help the recipient) requests for bios to accompany his publications.
I don't know that it will teach you much about writing, but it's definitely a fun insight if you like Bukowski.
๐Ÿ“š Do you have any writing books you'd recommend?
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