My friend Judy asked me this week if I had any tips for her as she organized her next non-fiction book. I thought about it and decided to share them with everyone here at Routines for Writers.
Writing Longhand
When I write longhand, I try to use a different notebook (with a different colored front cover) for [...]

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There is only one reason I care one way or another about software when it comes to writing my books – can it keep me organized?
I am in the process of making my third trans-continental move, and that means I don’t have room to print, hole-punch and binder all of my notes nor multiple drafts [...]

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Whether or not you completed an outline before beginning the NaNoWriMo challenge, you may discover that the book you’re writing like mad isn’t working. Don’t get disappointed about that. There are things you can do. If one option doesn’t work, try another.
 
1) Brainstorm. In First Draft in 30 Days, I give you a huge list [...]

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Introductory note: The NaNoWriMo race is on and Karen Wiesner is back to help us reach the finish line of a 50,000 word novel by the end of the month. She’ll be with us every Tuesday in November to offer advice based on her books First Draft in 30 Days and From First Draft to [...]

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Preparing the writing itself for NaNoWriMo is probably the most important thing I can do in October. Planning my life to accommodate the increased writing hours and the decreased “everything else” hours is important, and we’ll talk about that next week, but the writing… ahhh. 
The best part about this kind of planning is that [...]

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Introductory note: How are you going to spend your NaNoWriMO? Write by the seat of your pants or plan a detailed outline? Stephanie is our resident write-by-the-seat-of-her-pants gal and she writes really well that way. I (Shonna) tried that last year and decided that this year I needed a little more planning. So I sought [...]

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