First of all, if you only just came here, you might want to check out the first and second parts of this article for more information.
And next, without any further ado:
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Effective writing advice for aspiring writers
By Idrees Patel
First of all, if you only just came here, you might want to check out the first and second parts of this article for more information.
And next, without any further ado:
[Read more…] about The Big Picture of a Novel – Part III
By Idrees Patel
[Note: The title of this post has been inspired from one writing book, No Plot? No Problem! I haven’t read it though.]
Let’s say you’re writing a first draft of a novel. The dreaded first draft. And of course you are writing it very slowly — unless you are an exceptional writer. Then you read it again… and scream “There’s no method in it! No organizing at all! What have I been doing? This isn’t worthy of my time.” And then you close the book snap shut and don’t work on it anymore. Sad.
Many great ‘novel’ ideas have never made it into paper because of this.
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By Idrees Patel
Does the edit-as-you-go method work? Or does it not? Is it the best method out there, or the worst? If it does work, for whom does it and for whom it doesn’t?
It works, yes. But only for a few people. There are many people for whom it does not work. What they do:
[Read more…] about Getting Bogged Down in Editing – Help!
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