Stories of Significance
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May
Recovering from a week away for a family wedding, I pulled out Lesson Four again and spent some time writing a new “one sentence summary” of my first Nanonovel, Gift of the Ancients. I had a one sentence summary for the story before I wrote it, but Holly Lisle’s way of going about it is different than Randy Ingermanson’s (I used […]
Tags: Gift of the Ancients, Holly Lisle, How To Revise Your Novel, Nanowrimo, Randy Ingermanson, Snowflake
18
May
Today I finished Lesson Three, which just took more brain power than was available for me to finish it quickly. I’ve read through Lesson Four and I’m excited to get to work on it as well. Besides the How To Revise Your Novel course, to aid my writing I am also doing, with my homeschooling son, Shurley English […]
28
Apr
Doing well on the Lesson 2 worksheets despite the slow start yesterday. I’m catching on to the concept of looking for characters and items that are introduced for the first time, and marking them accordingly. It’s possible to skim quite a lot this way, and I’m encouraged by how many times the story pulls me in during […]
27
Apr
Today I covered less ground in my manuscript than I would have liked, getting through 30 pages instead of 65. I’m happy with the quality of work, though. I spent some time on the HTRYN forums, getting a better idea of how to proceed which was time well spent. I also got through most of my ‘Main Character’ worksheets, […]
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Apr
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Apr
I got through Lesson One in one week, which feels great. Took a look at next week’s lesson, and it is also worksheet-intense. I may have less time to work next week, but I want the goal set to complete it in a week again. Sometimes momentum is the only thing that keeps me going, and I don’t want to […]
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Apr
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Apr
So with everything prepped and ready, getting down to the business of revising this morning went very well. If I keep up with doing 65 pages a day, I will be through all of Lesson One in How To Revise Your Novel by the end of the week! A strong start, which I intend to carry through to a strong finish.
