Tracking Your Writing Progress
While you wouldn’t normally associate the art-driven author with something numbers-driven like a spreadsheet, the two actually go very well, together. Many authors use Excel and Google...
Phasing, a Unique Story Plotting Technique
As a writer, I’m always on the lookout for innovative plotting techniques that might improve my output or help me put together a story faster. Recently, I’ve...
I signed up for Camp NaNoWriMo
Well, it looks like my July is going to look a whole lot like this… Registration for Camp NaNoWriMo‘s July session opened yesterday, and being the fool...
Camp NaNoWriMo
As a person in the academic field, one of the busiest months we have is November. It is a month of papers, tests, and general craziness for...
The Rocking Self Publishing Podcast
Since I’m back in the writing world over the Summer, I decided to hunt around and see if there were any new writing podcasts worth a look....
Write…or DIE!
I briefly mentioned it last week in my post on Prepping Your Novel, but I thought I should give the free software Write or Die a little...
Word Counts for Fiction
A common problem for writers is trying to decide how long to make their stories. Now, the proper answer is of course- as long as it needs...
Writing Chinese Style, or how to Crank Out 50,001 Words in a Day.
Not everyone knows this, but Chinese and European chefs actually take a radically different approach to cooking. In the European style (which we naturally follow in North...
(Mostly) Free Online Proofreading Software
Let’s face it, everyone makes mistakes. Even the best writer misses things, and it’s hard to know what to improve when you’re editing your own work. Whether...
Becoming a better writer through purging “thought” verbs.
Chuck Palahniuck (writer of Fight Club, the book) had this great advice up on Lit Reactor that I thought I’d share. His argument is an old one...