Last week I mentioned that my friend Betsy suggested a technique she learned in a writing class. Her teacher had told the class that he likes to draw out what is going to happen next in the book to orient himself within the new scene. Betsy said he was a pretty good artist so his [...]

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Today I met with my friend Betsy for hot chocolate and brainstorming. We’re both in our last semester of our Master of Arts in Creative Writing degrees, so we’re both working on our “final project” book. We’ve read a little of each other’s work over the last 14 months, but it’s not like being in [...]

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Every time I get ready for a writing push, NaNoWriMo or otherwise, I prepare differently. Each story is in a different place in my head and on paper, so I’m coming at it each time from a different angle. Nonetheless, I have some writing routines that work for me. FRESH START If I’m going to [...]

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