It’s amazing how when you push yourself towards a goal how much that you can accomplish.
Just finished up Milestone #12 of the Challenge. One more week to go and I’m excited about finishing up this draft.
Last week, I met the Challenge goal and now I’m doing a “personal” best goal, and with my current progress, [...]
I’m so excited because my FAVORITE time of the year will be starting again…
Football!
But let me be more specific, Southeastern Conference — SEC College Football!
I’m an UGA alumni and so even though my Georgia Bulldogs are ranked #13, we probably might not be *good* this year since Stafford and Moreno left to go the NFL [...]
Your protagonist does something totally opposite of what he/she usually does.
Questions to ask about this scene spark:
*What is the opposite action?
*What is the basis for the protagonist acting this way?
*What are the consequences?
I just finished up Week #11 of the Summer Challenge. I have two weeks left and then it’s done.
But Milestone #11 is significant for me because I have actually met and surpassed the Challenge goal of 45,500 words by 842 words. Woo hoo!
So, my personal goal for this challenge has always been to write 60K [...]
There is something about trilogies that I love. Maybe because the story is just too big for one novel or that you just love the characters so much that you’re excited to be immersed in that world for just a little longer.
I guess the only thing that I really hate about trilogies is that if [...]
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