Wendy Crafton

Let the Edits Begin!

The draft of Symbiosis (WIP) is now a year old, so it’s time to start the edits. I sent my first page for a review/critique through a workshop with James River Writers. The feedback gave me the push I needed to get into the edits. So, here we go! I’ve reworked the beginning scenes aContinue reading “Let the Edits Begin!”

First Draft Complete, Now What?

In 2021, I wrote about 13,000 words on this first draft. I think I restarted it twice and put it away more often than I wrote. From March of this year to now, I’ve written 63,000 words. As of 11pm, Thursday, June 9th, I’ve completed my first draft of Symbiosis at 76,000 words. This isContinue reading “First Draft Complete, Now What?”

Here Comes the Plot Bunny…

There once was a girl with a story in her head. A story she wanted, no she needed to write. The girl was excited and started outlining, storyboarding, and cutting out images and pasting them on boards. She loved to see the faces she’d attached to the characters in her mind. They spoke to herContinue reading “Here Comes the Plot Bunny…”

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?”

Setting the Mood

Camp NaNoWriMo for July was a disaster. I wrote… wait for it… just under 2,000 words. Yep. That’s it. While that’s almost 2,000 words I didn’t have before July, it’s nowhere near the 25,000 I’d hoped to write. I love the NaNoWriMo site and the people behind it. They do some great things for youngContinue reading “Setting the Mood”

One Little, Two Little, Three Little Fictions

Do you work on more than one piece of writing at a time or do you focus on one piece until complete? I have read of authors working on poetry, short stories, or articles while writing novels. I am currently writing a draft for a novel at the pace of a few hundred words aContinue reading “One Little, Two Little, Three Little Fictions”