Showing posts with label First draft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label First draft. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

After THE END

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In my last blog, I posted that my work in progress refused to end, rambling on way past the expected word count with endless complications t...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Reaching the end

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This is the height of the summer, and up here in Eastern Canada, we've been enduring an unprecedented, prolonged heat wave. What is it ...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Navigating the first draft

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Well, as usual in Canada, we have gone from winter last week to mid-summer this week, and all around us, nature has burst into life. Plants...
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Friday, October 19, 2018

NaNoWriMo Time Again

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This year -- once again -- I intend to participate in National Novel Writing Month. I say "intend" meaning I will sign up again an...
Friday, July 27, 2018

Waiting for It

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I don't have a long post today because I need to get back to writing. I'm moving back and forth between two first drafts. The nonfic...
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Thursday, April 06, 2017

The Fork in the Road

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When last we met at this spot on March 22, Dear Reader, I (Donis) wrote about reaching the middle of my work in progress. I was feeling...
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Friday, June 03, 2016

Now or Later

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Barbara's post on Wednesday reminded me again that I shall never a pantser be. Every time another writer describes the process of plungi...
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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Right to the Point

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Donis here. My latest book, All Men Fear Me , will not hit the shelves until November. But since one can't afford to let the grass grow ...