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  • Blog,  NanoWriMo,  Writing Tips

    9 Tips for completing NaNoWriMo

    / Oct 26, 2019

    Nine veteran tips and tricks for winning NaNoWriMo

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  • Blog,  Daughter of the Sorceress,  My Writing,  NanoWriMo

    A year of writing, a year of doodles

    / Apr 4, 2016

    A year ago I shared a portrait of my main character, Tarra. Now, in honour of our anniversary, I thought I'd share some of the doodles and drawings I've done of her and…

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  • Blog,  My Writing,  NanoWriMo,  Personal

    Writing habits

    / Oct 2, 2015

    I've been trying to write every day since I started this Nano2015 project back on 1 April. I've been recording my progress day-by-day since July and this is what I've learned.

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  • Blog,  NanoWriMo,  Publishing

    Infographic: Readers like it long

    / Aug 21, 2015

    What is the best length for a novel? It's often said to be about 90 000 words, but the best selling books of all time are about double that.

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  • Camp Nano 2015 (April),  NanoWriMo

    Done and dusted | NaNoWriMo | 50,239 words

    / Apr 29, 2015

    I was looking at my Nano progress graph and realised that it probably hasn't changed in years. It seems I have a definite process.

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  • Blog,  My Writing,  NanoWriMo,  Writing Tips

    Hero, villain, victim

    / Apr 13, 2015

    A reflection on the roles of The Drama Triangle and the impact it can it have when all characters get a chance to play all the roles.

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  • Blog,  My Writing,  NanoWriMo,  Writing Tips

    A horse with no name – the dreaded middle

    / Apr 8, 2015

    One of my favourite Nano Pep Talks was by Maureen Johnson about reaching the middle part of your novel and realising that it's pretty much like the middle of Australia - large, barren…

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  • Blog,  Daughter of the Sorceress,  My Writing,  NanoWriMo,  Writing Tips

    A matter of character

    / Apr 3, 2015

    I'm trying to avoid writing a main character who acts and sounds like me. So for my latest MC, Tarra, I decided to roll out some attributes using a Pathfinder character sheet.

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  • Camp Nano 2015 (April),  NanoWriMo

    You have to start somewhere | NaNoWriMo | 1,692 Words

    / Apr 2, 2015

    Writing to a plan can be like playing a game of Pipe Mania. You constantly have to avoid hitting walls and, with Nano, the clock is ticking.

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  • Camp Nano 2015 (April),  NanoWriMo

    The space between | NaNoWriMo

    / Mar 31, 2015

    A story idea is like a dream, full of emotional highs and lows, but while dreams can jump from major plot point to major plot point, with a story you're obligated to fill…

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