Evan Marshall, author of The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing which I’ve mentioned here before as the first novel outlining system I used (and one I’m still pulling elements from for other projects), has released a new program for the plan.
The software, The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing Template Generator, allows you to use the […]

Posted in Writing Books No Comments »

Today I’m officially finished with the novel outline that I’ve been detailing on this blog. It’s a relief to have it out of the way, especially as I’ve already started on the next outline - you can follow along with that process over at AllBookWriting.com (the working title of that project is Three Weeks). I’m […]

Posted in Writing Books No Comments »

I’m very happy to say that my novel outline should be completed later today. That leaves me with four more days to go through it all, fill in any holes that still exist (I’ve been keeping notes on things like that as I go along, so that should be relatively painless), and make a list […]

Posted in Writing Books 1 Comment »

Karen Wiesner, author of First Draft in 30 Days (which I’m currently using to outline a novel), got in touch weighing in on the process and addressing some of the comments I made about certain aspects just not “being me.” I wanted to go ahead and share those with you here, so you can have […]

Posted in Writing Books 1 Comment »

I am such a louse. I did start Day 16 back on the 23rd as promised. But then I didn’t touch it again until Friday. I got a lot done Friday, and more on Sunday. But as of now, I’ve only put three days into this 9-day phase, so let me apologize to those following […]

Posted in Writing Books No Comments »

As I mentioned previously, I launched a new blog this weekend - AllBookWriting.com.
The blog will cover my progress through various book and e-book writing projects of mine (which are all briefly mentioned in the opening post there on trying to find a manageable writing schedule). It will also go into things like book and resource […]

Posted in Writing Books No Comments »

OK. I really wanted to resume the 30-day plan over the weekend, but it didn’t happen. Instead I spent it being a house wench - cooking, cleaning, all that good stuff. Why? Well, it needed to get done, but more importantly I have so much going on right now that I really wanted to make […]

Posted in Writing Books No Comments »

Just wanted to post a quick update. I’d mentioned very early on that while I would be testing these 30-day novel writing methods, I may not be able to do it in 30 consecutive days due to my client schedule. Unfortunately, that’s going to be true this time - I didn’t get a chance to […]

Posted in Writing Books 4 Comments »

Today begins my nine-day stretch of turning my character and setting sketches, preliminary outline, and other materials into a longer, formatted outline for my novel. While I have to admit, I’m mildly intimidated by the amount of work I’ll have to try to make time for over the next nine days, I’m also rather excited.
I […]

Posted in Writing Books No Comments »

After today, I’m officially half-way through the novel outlining process from First Draft in 30 Days. Yay!
I also am going to be using that final “extra” day I’d accumulated by working quickly in the beginning to finish up the task from the last two days (which, given the expected number of scenes due to the […]

Posted in Writing Books No Comments »