Questions 9: Dealing with Deadline Pressure
Subscribe Here! Miss Priss asks: How do I get out of my own way now that I’m under deadline?
Questions 8: The Five-Act Novel Structure
Subscribe Here! Rob asks: Can you explain the 5-act structure in more detail, and talk about the ways in which it’s useful for writers?
Questions 7: More on Cycling
Subscribe Here! Melissa asks: Please explain more about how cyclic editing works, and how you can do it without over-polishing?
Questions 6: Developing a Sparkley Voice
Subscribe Here! Melissa asks: “How do I get prose that sparkles without killing my love for the project?”
Questions 5: Cultivating Experts
Subscribe Here! Sgt. Mike asks: If you’re a new author, how do you find experts to help with your fact checking?
Questions 4: Plotting
Subscribe Here! All about plotting, pantsing, and all points in between. Thanks to Melissa for the question.
Questions 3: More on Drama and Melodrama
Subscribe Here! What’s the difference between melodramatic and melodrama proper? Do characters REALLY have to change?
Questions 2: Revisions and Pulling Down Old Books
Subscribe Here! Is it a good idea to pull down early stories that aren’t as good as later ones?
Questions 1: Reworking Early Stories
Subscribe Here! Should you rework, revise, or rewrite earlier books/stories after you’ve published them? If so, when, and how?
Postmortem 4: The Last Thing You Have To Do
Subscribe Here! Now that you’ve finished your NaNoWriMo journey, there’s only one thing left to do.