by Denise Vega | November 10, 2016 | Writing Inspiration
Wow. I am having so much fun with this NaNoWriMo thing! Following are some of my observations and experiences. So after hanging to with the gang last Tuesday and doing some timed writing bursts really got me fired up. So I kept going with...
by Denise Vega | November 3, 2016 | Writing Inspiration
The closer Nov 1 approached, the more anxious and excited I became. Below you’ll see and read about some of my final preparations as well as how my first two days went. (I’m scheduling these posts the night before so they go out at the same time...
by Denise Vega | October 27, 2016 | Writing Inspiration
So here I am, facing down NaNo in just five short days. I completed my plot outline, the structure of which I share below, and am going to be fleshing it out a bit more so I feel ready to jump in on November 1. Last week I shared the tools I was using to create an...
by Denise Vega | October 20, 2016 | Writing Inspiration
I’m not gonna lie, developing a plot outline has always been a bit of a turnoff. I knew a book outline wouldn’t be the Roman Numeral I thing, but it still sounded academic. Once I got over that, the whole idea scared me. I’d have to really think...
by Denise Vega | October 13, 2016 | Writing Inspiration
So digging into character last week really helped ideas for plot bubble up! Highly recommend that. Then I sent a doc to my critique group in advance of our September 30th meeting. In it, I gave them a very general summary of my idea–since it was still...
by Denise Vega | October 6, 2016 | Writing Inspiration
Even though I’ve published four novels, I did not do any kind of pre-planning when I wrote them. I just got the idea and dove in, stalling, restarting, taking long detours as I figured out the story and my characters. I may still do a lot of wandering with this...
