Got my words on Dead Man’s Party — that was the fun, interesting, easy part. We did a site update over at HollysWritingClasses.com that was overall just buttery smooth. But I did not have “Test Downloads” in my list of post-update checking, and downloads were not, therefore, tested. And guess what was broken? Dan fixed them quickly and beautifully, but in … Continue reading →
This morning I rolled into work pretty sure I knew what I was going to do. And hit my novel of the day, Dead Man’s Party, with a sort of “Have not had my coffee yet, but I’ll get this anyway” focus. Read my short description of the chapter I’d scheduled to write, and realized several weeks’ distance from my provisional … Continue reading →
Got 1515+ words this morning on Dead Man’s Party, in a smidge under an hour. Also built my work process for getting a LOT more fiction done, and spending the first two to three hours of every weekday on that. My daughter Becca is going to modify the process I came up with (after some heavy research over the past … Continue reading →
I haven’t talked a lot about the story of Dead Man’s Party — and twenty chapters in is probably not the time to start giving complex plot hints. And, really, Dead Man’s Party is a messy, messy first draft, jumping through three broad concepts before finally settling into the fourth, so the revision is going to be MEAN. But today was … Continue reading →
My new Write On Three Novels Each Week process is working out well, though it doesn’t leave me a lot of time for reporting in here. I’ve passed the midpoint in the first draft of writing Dead Man’s Party (my How to Write a Novel class demo novel). Finishing my hour of writing this morning, I’ve hit the two-thirds mark … Continue reading →
A couple of things have changed in my life recently, one of which has been the writing of Dead Man’s Party, my demo novel for the writing class I’m currently building, How to Write a Novel. I’ve been dedicating one concentrated hour or so a week to the writing of the first draft (and a bloody awful first draft it … Continue reading →
I think in general we as human beings like to think we’re on top of things. That we have a pretty good bead on not just where we are, but where we’ve been, and where we’re going. I’m working on Lesson 16 of How to Write a Novel this morning, which is about voice and tone, and to show writers … Continue reading →
At the top of this (and every) page on the site, you’ll currently see a little timer. Today is the last day of my How to Write a Novel Early-Bird Launch, where the price is about 50% off my projected final price once the class is done. And as I write this, we’re down to the LAST SIX HOURS. I … Continue reading →
So as promised, here’s the second Lesson Sampler from my in-progress How to Write a Novel class. I’ll note that: Registration for the class closes tomorrow night at 11:59 PM Eastern Time, and that… This is the only time How to Write a Novel will be available for the Early-Bird price. When registration reopens sometime next year, the price will … Continue reading →
Sometimes it’s tough to explain what a class is, how it works, why it isn’t like every other class out there. Sometimes (well, most times) it’s a lot easier to SHOW… So in this PART 1 demo of my How to Write a Novel class, I’ve taken the first 7 to 9 pages of each of the first seven lessons, exactly … Continue reading →
