by Site Owner | Jan 5, 2016 | Columns, Featured, The Birth of a Novel
The Birth of a Novel Part 3: Letting the Story Out The story that snuck up on you, and now occupies your daily thoughts, has bloomed into a detailed outline. It may be ten or a hundred pages long, but you’re eager to move on to the next stage of your adventure. The...
by Site Owner | Dec 15, 2015 | Columns, Featured, The Birth of a Novel
The Birth of a Novel Part 2: Creating Structure Your nascent story is just a smattering of paragraphs, ideas that are evolving. You don’t see how you’ll possibly have time to take on a serious writing project, but you set that consideration aside. You may have a...
by Site Owner | Dec 1, 2015 | Columns, Featured, The Birth of a Novel
The Birth of a Novel Part 1: Conception You have an itch. You’ve had it for a while, but perhaps you ignore it. To give into it might upend your life. Your life isn’t perfect, of course, but you’re used to it the way it is. And your day job takes so much of your...
