By thunderchikin|2018-05-29T19:43:28+00:00May 29th, 2018|Craft|0 Comments
Dean Gloster, author of the YA novel Dessert First, is an excellent writer and funny has hell (read his books--hell is funny). He's posted an article with tips for dialogue that will make you go hmmm. “Help!” Dialogue mechanics—how we present dialogue on the page—make it clear who is speaking without pulling us out of the story world. How do
By thunderchikin|2017-09-28T15:22:34+00:00September 28th, 2017|Craft, Plotcasters|2 Comments
(cross-posted from www.plotcasters.com). There was a request on the Plotcasters twitter feed about what the sticky note plot looks like when it's on the wall and why the colored stickies are important. Great question! It's difficult to visualize a physical process just from an auditory podcast, so our team has decided to do some short videos to support the
By thunderchikin|2014-01-08T14:46:38+00:00January 8th, 2014|Craft, Inklings|1 Comment
Preamble: For a little over the past month, I've been writing 2000 words per day. I made the decision to do this for a year in order to up my literary output after a year of frustration with the same output. I have several stories I want to tell, and unlike my more youthful friend sin YA, I don't have
By thunderchikin|2013-03-30T15:18:20+00:00March 30th, 2013|Craft, Inklings|2 Comments
There's nothing like a free promotion on the Nook blog to make an author (more) obsessive about tracking sales stats. Sure, Amazon's Author Central is there to provide a limited version of Bookscan, as well sales ranks for your books on Amazon. but what if you and your publisher are promoting a FREE ebook sale across multiple vendors and you
By thunderchikin|2010-12-20T02:13:48+00:00December 20th, 2010|Craft, Inklings|0 Comments
Only 700 words today. Quota fail. A combination of Christmas shopping, football, and a stomach virus come limited the time and energy for writing. It happens. So you forgive yourself, remind yourself that you’re still ahead of track, and that you have one more day to reach 60k words.
By thunderchikin|2010-12-19T03:30:08+00:00December 19th, 2010|Craft, Inklings|0 Comments
3028 words for the day. No insights left. Date/Words/Total 12-18/3028/57813 12-17/3111/54758 12-16/3187/51647 12-15/3027/48460 12-14/3016/45433 12-13/3190/42417 12-12/3001/39228 12-11/3070/36227 12-10/3007/33157 12-9/5584/30150 12-8/3003/24566 12-7/3043/21563 12-6/3075/18520 12-5/3110/15445 12-4/3093/12335 12-3/3014/9242 12-2/3131/6228 12-1/3087/3087
By thunderchikin|2010-12-18T04:24:17+00:00December 18th, 2010|Craft, Inklings|0 Comments
One word after another makes a sentence makes a paragraph makes a page. Grind, grind, grind. Date/Words/Total 12-17/3111/54758 12-16/3187/51647 12-15/3027/48460 12-14/3016/45433 12-13/3190/42417 12-12/3001/39228 12-11/3070/36227 12-10/3007/33157 12-9/5584/30150 12-8/3003/24566 12-7/3043/21563 12-6/3075/18520 12-5/3110/15445 12-4/3093/12335 12-3/3014/9242 12-2/3131/6228 12-1/3087/3087
By thunderchikin|2010-12-17T03:53:12+00:00December 17th, 2010|Craft, Inklings|0 Comments
Lots of little details here and there and everywhere. Date/Words/Total 12-16/3187/51647 12-15/3027/48460 12-14/3016/45433 12-13/3190/42417 12-12/3001/39228 12-11/3070/36227 12-10/3007/33157 12-9/5584/30150 12-8/3003/24566 12-7/3043/21563 12-6/3075/18520 12-5/3110/15445 12-4/3093/12335 12-3/3014/9242 12-2/3131/6228 12-1/3087/3087
By thunderchikin|2010-12-16T00:20:17+00:00December 16th, 2010|Craft, Inklings|0 Comments
Today, I wrote one new scene and spent the rest of the time back filling other scenes with setting details and short descriptions. Date/Words/Total 12-15/3027/48460 12-14/3016/45433 12-13/3190/42417 12-12/3001/39228 12-11/3070/36227 12-10/3007/33157 12-9/5584/30150 12-8/3003/24566 12-7/3043/21563 12-6/3075/18520 12-5/3110/15445 12-4/3093/12335 12-3/3014/9242 12-2/3131/6228 12-1/3087/3087
By thunderchikin|2010-12-15T02:31:38+00:00December 15th, 2010|Craft, Inklings|0 Comments
Wow. I'm tired. Date/Words/Total 12-14/3016/45433 12-13/3190/42417 12-12/3001/39228 12-11/3070/36227 12-10/3007/33157 12-9/5584/30150 12-8/3003/24566 12-7/3043/21563 12-6/3075/18520 12-5/3110/15445 12-4/3093/12335 12-3/3014/9242 12-2/3131/6228 12-1/3087/3087
