Successful writing requires The Write Focus. Hosted by M.A. Lee with occasional forays from Remi Black and Edie Roones, we focus on productivity / tools / craft / process for fiction and nonfiction, entertainment and academic writing.
We have ONE GUIDING DECISION for our writing, and that's related to Plot. However, the preliminary Plot Decision is to determine which of the 7 types of plot we're writing. Everything else comes from that ... even if we're writing avant garde literary fiction. The decision we makes builds the foundation. Pt. 1 of ch.3 of Think like a Pro.
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On to ch2 of Think like a Pro and onto the importance of increments and consistence, in the power of daily writing: Nulla Dies Sine Linea.
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3 Sets of 7 for writing the novel success ... and setting your deadlines.
7 Important Characters
7 Necessary Scenes for Plot
7 Work Steps for any Writing Project
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How do we cope with writing deadlines? First, we admit that every job has deadlines. Everyone faces a deadline, even though it may not be called a deadline: trial start, season start, gallery showing, and more. We have 3 Tricks to Setting a Deadline along with the 10 Top Factors when starting any writing project.
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Converting from hobby writer to pro writer requires a changed mindset--which can be hard to achieve. Often, what we want does not become what we do until a crossroad appears on the horizon.
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How do we find names for our characters? What techniques can we use to discover the best titles for our books and our series?
We're running a little long this time as we try to crowd everything in to part 3 of the Naming series.
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https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2020/11/whats-in-name-part-3.html
Creatives apply 3 guiding tips when choosing a pen name, for pen names control our author brand.
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https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2020/11/whats-in-name-part-2.html
What's in a Name? Does it matter how you pick a name--for your writing business, your writing self, your characters, your books and your series? Well, duh. Yes, it matters. While a rose by any other word would smell as sweet, Tybalt cared that Romeo was a Montague at a Capulet party. Names DO Matter.
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https://thewritefocus.blogspot.com/2020/11/whats-in-name-part-1.html
The final 3 steps on the indie writing journey. Editing? Proofing? Publishing? And all the parts of those steps.
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5 Major Horrors Every Writer Will Face, from Writer's Block to Crash and Burn.
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