Procrastination – Wendy Crafton Writes

Day 14 – ToNoRevMo

At the end of my last post, I said “Hoping with the next update I can say I have actually revised areas of the draft…” If I’d only known what was about to happen.

If you haven’t been following along, I am on a mission to revise my draft into a submittable novel by end of the month. The goal is five complete pass-throughs which means reviewing at least six sections a day during the month of November. You can read the initial thought process here MyNoRevisMo and here Counting Down toContinue reading “Day 7 – ToNoRevMo”

MyNoRevisMo

Most are familiar with National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), but what about those of us in endless revisions? The thought of writing something new while trying to revise my already written novel seems mad. Mad I tell you! I present to you My Novel Revision Month (MyNoRevisMo). During the 30 days of November, I setContinue reading “MyNoRevisMo”

Ten Days (and counting)

Progress! I made it past a big issue with this draft. There was an uncle in this story. He’s no longer needed, but I still needed the story to go along the same path. On the advice from my son, I did “the bubbles” which is brainstorming on paper. I have one of those hugeContinue reading “Ten Days (and counting)”

Who’s Writing This Novel?

The answer to that question is “not me.” I have not been writing for the past month or two, and I am trying to work out why I stopped. I took time around April to work out my outline which was a change for me. I generally have a rough idea of a few scenesContinue reading “Who’s Writing This Novel?”

Rules are Meant to Be Broken. Right?

Rules are meant to be broken. Does that include your own rules? I would guess so. Or is that something people say when they can’t follow the rules they created for themselves in a moment of trying too hard? Let’s review the rules I made just over a week ago. Write everyday. No that’s notContinue reading “Rules are Meant to Be Broken. Right?”