You’re writing a novel. Your emotions change quickly. One day you love your novel; the next you hate it and everything about it. We discussed 5 Things No One Tells You About Writing A Novel in a blog post. Vital: No matter how much preparation and outlining you do, the story you write will be ...
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Writing A Novel You Hate: 3 Tips To Help You To Keep Writing
Oh dear, what a disaster. You’re writing a novel, and you hate it. You can’t finish it — you can’t even force yourself to read it with pleasure. What made you think that you could write a novel? You’re disappointed, and ashamed. STOP! I know what comes next… you’re tempted to delete that pile ...
The Disorganized Novelist: Getting Things Done Anyway
How are you at getting things done? If you’re anything like my friends (and me) you struggle. As you may know, I’m currently writing the third book in the clean Regency romance series, The Eardleys Of Gostwicke Hall. (Cover reveal soon.) I’m using a bullet journal for the novel, as ...
Conquer Procrastination: 3 Tips To Help
I hate procrastination, and yet I do it. Instead of focusing on writing, I reread previous scenes, or tell myself that I’ll write tomorrow, because I’m too tired to think. Sometimes procrastination can be useful. For example, if you’re bored with a scene in your novel, and you keep putting it off ...
Writing Fiction: 5 Ways To Rescue A Novel Gone Wrong
When you’re writing fiction, you’re rarely certain of anything, until your novel is done. Even with extensive outlining, the book may wander off in strange directions. “It’s not working…” you mutter to yourself in despair and decide to take a few days off from writing. That’s ...
Write Fiction: NaNoWriMo Or Not?
NaNoWriMo is almost upon us. Every November 1, determined authors sign up to write fiction: 50,000 words in 30 days. Is it worth entering NaNoWriMo this year? I conducted a mini straw poll among my friends who write fiction. The authors who have yet to complete a first novel were raring to go. ...
