Structuring my next novel.
Let’s say I want to write a creature feature novel, because who doesn’t?:-) I dig up a few contemporary comp titles. Reddit is good for stuff like that, but also Goodreads, BookRiot, book blogs, and your own reading. I came up with the following creature features: The Devil Crept In by Ania Ahlborn Overlord by … Continue reading How to Find the Typical Word Count for Your Genre
These are the books I am reading in preparation for my National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo) project in November. There are three nonfiction books to expand my knowledge base. (“Write what you know.”) And there are three critter-horror novels to help me get a grip on: What techniques do and do not work well when … Continue reading Research for Nanowrimo 2019
These were my beginning steps, the ones I listed in my post "The Start" on September 16, 2018: 1. Set up a writing blog. 2. Figure out a working title for my upcoming Nanowrimo book. 3. Read three books for research to learn about wilderness survival, animals in the wild, and 19th Century witches. 4. … Continue reading The Rewrite
I found a writers group in my area and slinked into my first meeting. Pfft, what was I so nervous about? They turned out to a helpful, experienced group of authors that welcomed me like an old friend. I went to my first meeting with little more than a NaNoWriMo outline, character sketches, and a … Continue reading A Writers Group
One of my October goals in preparation for NaNoWriMo is to write a synopsis for Hag’s Hollow. I’ve never written a synopsis. After sweating over it, I decided a first-try synopsis won't be perfect. I just need to give it a try in order to learn the process. I love Google. I found … Continue reading The Synopsis
Priscilla Bettis 