I have a confession. I missed writing again yesterday. Doh! So no word count. But, today, author Ann Whitford Paul is joining us on Day By Day Writer. Ann is an expert on writing picture books, and I’ve grilled her on the art of telling a complete story in 700 words of less. If you…
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Current word count: 13,139 Words written today: 511 Words to goal: 26,861 / 344 words a day til end of September The beginning of many good story idea starts with what if? What if a boy befriends a bear that loves honey? What if a girl falls down a rabbit hole? What if a 10-year-old boy discovers his parents…
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Current word count: 12,628 Words written today: 427 Words to goal: 27,372/ 350 words a day til end of September A writer’s voice seems like one of those elusive things that no one can really truly explain. When I’ve heard it talked about in seminars and conferences, it always seems a bit vague. And that’s…
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I got up early and wrote this morning, and it feels good. After not writing consistently every day this week, and really needing a few more hours sleep, it wasn’t as easy as it has been to jump write back into the story. But once I got going, the words flowed, and before I knew…
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So there I was, in my last post, saying how helpful it is to write everyday. That was on July 7. July 8, I slept in and didn’t write. July 9, I wrote — Yay! But today, July 10, I’m up early but sadly to work, not write. I’m not sure I’ll be able to…
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Current word count: 10,700 Words written today: 580 Words to goal: 29,300/341 words a day until the end of September Working on my second novel, the writing is going much quicker than the first. The fact that I’m writing every day helps enormously, not only because of the time spent on it, but also because…
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Not much time today, so just a quick check in word count post. Here’s the details: Current word count: 10,120 Words written today: 376 Words to goal: 29,880/ 343 words a day til end of September This weekend I also figured out the rest of the story and wrote out a rough layout for all…
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Current word count: 9,744 Words written today: 504 Words to goal: 30,246/ 348 per day til end of September Congrats to all those who have been posting their progress in the comments of this blog. It’s great to see, and is encouraging me to strive forward. I hope my word counts are doing the same for…
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Happy Fourth! Hope you had lots of great food, company and fireworks. We just saw our local fireworks from our backyard. Very nice. I finally got some more writing done today, and here’s my daily word count: Current word count: 9,240 Words written today: 787 Words to goal: 30,760/ 350 per day til end of…
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What I’m referring to in the name of this post is not actually this post but another I just found on eHarlequin. Author Michelle Styles writes about POV in a really great way, I think, in her blog post Switching Point of View v Head Hopping. I went in search of a good article about this…
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