I’ve been on a bit of an unplanned hiatus. But the fourth of July was lots of fun, the family and guests have left, and it’s time to get back to work. Since I’ve been having trouble focusing on novel revision, I decided to sign up for Camp NaNo this month for some extra motivation.Continue reading “How I’m Using Camp NaNoWriMo and 4theWords for Novel Revision”
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Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 13: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
I thought since there aren’t A to Z posts on Sundays, I would change my RNLN posts to Sundays for April and see how that goes. As it is Monday evening, I would say that is still to be seen. I will try to have the next one up this Sunday. Things I Learned KafkaContinue reading “Reading Novels Like a Novelist Attempt 13: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami”
RNLN Attempt 12: The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Procedural Tips This week I tried a whole new way of reading. I used the free application Spreeder for my first read of The Awakening by Kate Chopin. Spreeder is an online speed reading application that flashes text at a central focal point. Its default is one word at a time at 300 words perContinue reading “RNLN Attempt 12: The Awakening by Kate Chopin”
RNLN Attempt 11: Home by Toni Morrison
Reading Novels Like a Novelist This week I read Home by Toni Morrison. Home is a compact novel of only one hundred and forty six pages. It has a great opening hook of a man trying to escape from a hospital and letting the reader in on his plans of deception and escape. He doesn’tContinue reading “RNLN Attempt 11: Home by Toni Morrison”
RNLN Attempt 10: Kaleidoscope by Brian Selznick & S. by Doug Dorst and J. J. Abrams
This week is going to be a little different. Every time I look “Abstract Art” in my local library system’s catalogue, the novel Kaleidoscope by Brian Seznick comes up. The cover looks like an extreme close-up on a green eye with the white lettering across the pupil. I’ve been curious why that novel comes upContinue reading “RNLN Attempt 10: Kaleidoscope by Brian Selznick & S. by Doug Dorst and J. J. Abrams”
RNLN Attempt 9: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
This week I enjoyed a fun read: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. I brought this popular mystery home from the library and read the whole thing in one sitting, reading into the night. I laughed out loud and almost cried. So I thought this would be a good week to start re-reading TheContinue reading “RNLN Attempt 9: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman”
Character-Building Challenge Day 6: Love or Hate
For the sixth day of the first Writer’s Digest Character-Building Challenge the prompt is to create someone who loves or despises one of your characters. Roger Byron knew that Davenna was a romantic. At first he liked it, how she made everything about love and sex and fantasy. It was hot when they were young,Continue reading “Character-Building Challenge Day 6: Love or Hate”
Character-Building Challenge Day 5: Making Friends
For the fifth day of the first Writer’s Digest Character-Building Challenge the prompt is to create a friend, ally, or sidekick for one of the characters. Sonia Havana Cashion is Davenna Dale Byron’s best friend, or at least Davenna likes to think so. Sonia lives in the big house at the top of the hill.Continue reading “Character-Building Challenge Day 5: Making Friends”
Character-Building Challenge Day 4: What do they think of each other?
For the fourth day of the first Writer’s Digest Character-Building Challenge the prompt is “sit both the characters you interrogated down and have them share what and how they think about each other.” What Davenna thinks of Merle: He is intriguing. I see him at the cafe in the bookstore. I like to sit andContinue reading “Character-Building Challenge Day 4: What do they think of each other?”
Character-Building Challenge Day 3: Second Character Interview
For the third day of the first Writer’s Digest Character-Building Challenge the prompt is to choose another of the character names from Day One and interview that character. Today I’ll interview Davenna Dale Byron. The Questions I’m using the same questions from Day 2 that I adapted from Novel Writing: 10 Questions You Need toContinue reading “Character-Building Challenge Day 3: Second Character Interview”
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