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I know we have a few novelists and wanna be novelists on CCS. This is the place to discuss your craft and publishing.
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Nanowrimo 2009 1 Reply
Are you guys ready for National Novel Writing Month? Keyboards handy? Ready, set, go!
Tagged: Nanowrimo
Started by Anne Westlund. Last reply by Valerie K Nov 1.
Serious but Silly - my progress in writing a book in a month 1 Reply
This is my running title - not the end title but you have to call it something I have in my possession a book called : Book in a Month by Victoria Lynn Schmidt, Ph.D. It is a good book and I i...
Started by Frank. Last reply by Frank Apr 7.
Revision, editing, proofreading... 30 Replies
Tired of Revision? by RainbowFountains, deviantart.com I'm doing NaNoEdMo, looking at my November novel, and would love to know how you guys go about editing. One pass or many? Snowflake or syno...
Started by Valerie K. Last reply by Frank Apr 4.
To Outline or Not 3 Replies
Do you make an outline before you write your novel? Or just wing it? I make outlines, sometimes too detailed. I tend to stray from them after awhile, but they help me.
Started by Anne Westlund. Last reply by Valerie K Mar 18.
Point of View (POV) 17 Replies
Third person and first person seem to be the favored POVs for novels these days. Omniscient has dropped out of favor with, probably because it is so hard to do well. I generally write in third and ...
Started by Marie Dees. Last reply by MARY Mar 13.
Character or Plot? 24 Replies
I think the current thought on this is that character is more important than plot. At least that's what I picked up on in college (maybe not so current, LOL!) Do you think strong characters are mor...
Tagged: story, plot, character
Started by Anne Westlund. Last reply by Charles Jones Feb 14.
NaNoWriMo 9 Replies
NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) will take place this November. The challenge of NaNoWriMo is to begin a novel on November 1 and reach 50,000 words by November 30. It's all about quantity, ...
Started by Marie Dees. Last reply by Michael James Dec. 1, 2008.
Bone Structures 1 Reply
Here is a link to what I call bone structures, or ways to flesh out characters: http://www.charlottedillon.com/CharacterChart.html sent one to Susan because I couldn't find one on the web.
Started by Anne Westlund. Last reply by Anne Westlund Nov. 18, 2008.
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Comment by Marie Dees on October 14, 2008 at 12:56pm - Hi, guess I belong here too. Sometimes in the stuck novelist category.
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Comment by Carol Clark on September 24, 2008 at 8:45pm -
First off, kudos to you Anne, for starting these new groups! How exciting!
And, for this group, I'm in the "wannabe" category. ;-)
Looking forward to reading and writing and discussions...
Carol
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