So, I revamped the tagging system on this blog after developing one I quite liked for my other blog, Dots n Dolls.
Inspiration - for posts about ideas and inspiring things
Preparation - for posts about outlining and other planning activities
Education - for posts about how to write
Initiation - for posts about starting stories
Continuation - for posts about continuing stories
Completion - for posts about finishing/finished stories
Submission - for posts about submitting stories and waiting on submissions
Publication - for posts about getting published
Competition - for posts about competitions, including NaNoWriMo
Fascination - for posts about interests other than writing
Information - for posts about what's going on in my world
Observation - for posts on life and the universe
Procrastination - for posts about everything
Showing posts with label preparation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label preparation. Show all posts
01 April 2011
11 October 2007
Hmm. Haven't posted in a while. I've nearly forgotten how to post on blogs.
However, here's an update on my Book in a Year Project.
I've named my story the Reinsforde School of Special Arts: The Harbinger. It now has some sort of a plot and I'm halfway through an outline. November is coming and I'll soon begin writing.
I'm quite pleased with how this is turning out, although I do say so myself. I didn't manage to develope a language before I really had to get on to planning the novel but I did make an alphabet, new sounds and started some sort of a grammar.
My goal system sort of vanished and now it's more do what you can when you can to finish writing this puppy by January. But it's going well and I think I'll be ready for NaNoWriMo.
However, here's an update on my Book in a Year Project.
I've named my story the Reinsforde School of Special Arts: The Harbinger. It now has some sort of a plot and I'm halfway through an outline. November is coming and I'll soon begin writing.
I'm quite pleased with how this is turning out, although I do say so myself. I didn't manage to develope a language before I really had to get on to planning the novel but I did make an alphabet, new sounds and started some sort of a grammar.
My goal system sort of vanished and now it's more do what you can when you can to finish writing this puppy by January. But it's going well and I think I'll be ready for NaNoWriMo.
16 July 2007
Bah, so I'm sitting here staring at this blank page trying to write up a post. I cannot get Blogging Writer's Block!
Basically what I came here to say is that I have begun a project that I've christened the Book-in-a-Year project. I have planned out, step-by-step, what I will need to do to complete a novel, revise it and send it off to at least one publisher/agent within a year.
It begins with choosing a book, which I have. It's titleless and completely plotless at the moment. All it has is a genre (fantasy) and a world (this one... sort of).
Now I have three and a bit months of brainstorming, making characters and plotting till I begin writing in November with NaNoWriMo. The brainstorming will include, hopefully, creating a language and drawing maps.
After November, I'll continue writing through December and January, though at a slower rate most likely. I should be finished by February. I'll lay it aside for a week or two and then begin a four step editing process including having someone else's eyes read it. Finally in June I will track down appropriate publishers and agents and by the 9th of July--exactly one year since I began--I will send it off to the first name on my list.
Now, the hard parts will be to stick to the plan and to not get sick of the novel during the year.
Needless to say, Night Magic is being put on hold. Also in other news, there's only about nine days till I find out who won The Competiton. The August issue of Woman's Weekly comes out on the 25th and it will contain the winner's name and story. It seems both a very long time and no time at all since I entered that story.
Hopefully I'll drop by here more often to keep you updated on the Book-in-a-Year project.
BOOK-IN-A-YEAR Update
Goal: Research/brainstorm to find a plot
Date Begun: 9-Jul-07
Target Date: 30-Jul-07
Basically what I came here to say is that I have begun a project that I've christened the Book-in-a-Year project. I have planned out, step-by-step, what I will need to do to complete a novel, revise it and send it off to at least one publisher/agent within a year.
It begins with choosing a book, which I have. It's titleless and completely plotless at the moment. All it has is a genre (fantasy) and a world (this one... sort of).
Now I have three and a bit months of brainstorming, making characters and plotting till I begin writing in November with NaNoWriMo. The brainstorming will include, hopefully, creating a language and drawing maps.
After November, I'll continue writing through December and January, though at a slower rate most likely. I should be finished by February. I'll lay it aside for a week or two and then begin a four step editing process including having someone else's eyes read it. Finally in June I will track down appropriate publishers and agents and by the 9th of July--exactly one year since I began--I will send it off to the first name on my list.
Now, the hard parts will be to stick to the plan and to not get sick of the novel during the year.
Needless to say, Night Magic is being put on hold. Also in other news, there's only about nine days till I find out who won The Competiton. The August issue of Woman's Weekly comes out on the 25th and it will contain the winner's name and story. It seems both a very long time and no time at all since I entered that story.
Hopefully I'll drop by here more often to keep you updated on the Book-in-a-Year project.
BOOK-IN-A-YEAR Update
Goal: Research/brainstorm to find a plot
Date Begun: 9-Jul-07
Target Date: 30-Jul-07
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