by NatashaDeen | Jun 1, 2020 | Failure Wins, Life, Writing
The month of May saw the Edmonton NaNoWriMo group and I participating in a fun challenge, could we pen 250 words/day on our manuscripts? It was great practice for the upcoming NaNoWriMo challenge in November, and given everything else going on in the world, a welcome...
by NatashaDeen | Apr 1, 2020 | Failure Wins, Uncategorized, Writing
Resources/Tips for Writing & Story-Telling How real life inspires novels (novel insight: Across the Floor) How real life can inspire fiction (novel insight: Guardian) Creating character & writing the unlikable protagonist (novel insight: Guardian)...
by NatashaDeen | Mar 13, 2020 | Agents, Author Questions, Failure Wins, Life, Writing
Thank you, again (and AGAIN!) for joining me for Forest Friday. What a great way to start the weekend. 🙂 I wanted to give you some visuals on what we talked about. PLOT SNAKE First, this is what a plot snake might look like: Red is in her room AND THEN her mom comes...
by NatashaDeen | Mar 1, 2020 | Failure Wins, Life, Writing
That sometimes you begin a project, not because you’re inspired to write or because you’re going to write something great or even that you’re excited about the idea, but because you know the art of writing is in the act of writing. Sometime—most times—in order for us...
by NatashaDeen | Feb 12, 2020 | Failure Wins, Writing
…on a manuscript 2.5 years in the making (but, hey, who’s counting?) I have to say that when going from page 1-300, again and again for seven days (but, hey, who’s counting), it is WILDLY satisfying to be able to take a quick break, do another task,...
by NatashaDeen | Nov 13, 2019 | Failure Wins, Writing
Ugh…been dealing with a WIP that WON’T END. Two years, 1st draft at 80K was burned, then I did another 87K, and that was burned, now I’m at 72K…and…maybe it’s working? At least, I like the first-one hundred pages. So, I’ve sent it off to some CPs and...
