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Write a novel

by Evie 🏳️‍🌈 write&blog

Rated: E · Book · Writing · #2289399

Here you'll get lots of tips, motivation and experience to finally write your novel

Welcome and great that you found your way to my blog!

My name is Evie and I write books that take readers out of their own worlds and into new ones that readers won't soon forget. I blog for artists, writers, creatives, multi-talents and all those who want to become one.
In life, you don't need to be rich: Joy, curiosity and commitment are enough to reach your goal. Just like I am doing right now.

In this blog, I'll give you tips on how to finish the monster "book project“. I'll also give you tips on how to find motivation to write (daily?) and how to incorporate it into your everyday life.
You can also expect some prompts, ideas and step-by-step instructions here.

Let me surprise you! I wish you a lot of fun with writing,
Evie

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Turkey DrumStik

Jul 29, 2023 at 11:15pm
In response to "Write what you know — settings"

I noticed a small type in this line: "Don’t forget thinks like cell phones...." Admittedly, it made me pause at that section long enough to think about the inclusion of technology as a part of setting.

One thing I had to consider in writing my reimagination of A Midsummer Night's Dream. My version takes place in 2007. Cell phones were fairly common, but the smartphone had just begun its journey into the wider world. Thus, I had to think about how someone could take a picture in a night club in 2007. Some cell phones had cameras, but their performance in a dark room would be abysmal at best. I ended up having one of the characters take a gamble on using their cell phone as a camera, something that fit in with the whole notion of the cops as the 21st century equivalent of mechanicals/players bumbling their way through an assignment.

Later on, I would end up seeing The Big Short, a story set in roughly the same time period. After I saw the movie, I read an article discussing the props. Apparently the props department spent a lot of time tracking down the correct models of flip phones for the characters to have in their possession. Considering how often dialogue occurred in the middle of phone calls, that was one detail the props team could not skimp on, and to me it really sold the whole movie. (As someone in Miami during the 2005-2007 period and actually overhearing some of the real estate conversations while I was wandering around the area as a student, I can vouch for The Big Short doing a good job of recreating pretty much everything about Miami from that time.)

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~SilverMoonCranberry~

Jul 1, 2023 at 7:45am
In response to "How to use the Enneagram to write conflicted characters"

This is interesting. I hadn't thought of it. Thanks for sharing this.

Evie 🏳️‍🌈 write&blog

Jun 12, 2023 at 6:10am
In response to "How to make your novel longer (subplots and storylines)"

Schnujo's Doing NaNoWriMo?

That's also where I always like to come back to! In addition, the NaNoWriMo community is also happy to help with plot problems or help you brainstorm (in the German subforum we have some threads specifically for this!).

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Schnujo's Doing NaNoWriMo?

Jun 12, 2023 at 4:03am
In response to "How to make your novel longer (subplots and storylines)"

When I'm in need of plots, subplots, plot twists, and other such things, I go to the Adoption Society threads on the NaNoWriMo website. They host tons of ideas that other people post and are free for us to adopt and change as we need. Because no 2 plots are ever executed the same, unlimited people can adopt a plot and you can adopt unlimited plots, even if you never get around to doing anything with them.

It's my favorite section of WdC!

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Evie 🏳️‍🌈 write&blog

May 14, 2023 at 2:03am
In response to "How to use the Enneagram to write conflicted characters"

Did you already know the Enneagram? How do you use it? Do you have a Pinterest board that you want to share with the community? Or would you like to tell us your Enneagram personality type?

I'm a frustrated writer

May 13, 2023 at 9:45am
In response to "How to become happy and productive in 12 minutes"

you described ME!!! I am getgtomh bacl into writing and you inspired me today. Thank you!!

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February 2, 2023 at 10:22am

#1044067

The ultimate list to stay motivated, part II

1. MONSTERMOTIVATION.DE

monstermotivation.de is a German platform and should only be recommended if you actually speak German. Smaller language skills should be enough, the monster-letters can also be translated with deepl.com.

The point is that you adopt a monster and then "feed" it with written words. What can be a bigger motivation than a monster smile?

2. 3 DIGIT CHALLENGE

With the 3 Digit Challenge you can increase your motivation and increase your wordcount.

It goes as follows: Person A writes the last three digits of their wordcount, for example 406. Any other person then writes 406 words and leaves the last three digits of their wordcount. She writes "taking x (here 406), leaving y (last three digits of her new wordcount).

This challenge exists in the NaNoWriMo forum, there it is great because there are many active people and you don't have to wait all the time, but of course it can also take place in an author chat group.

You can do the challenge in pairs or with more than 200 people, the number is entirely up to you. In the NaNoWriMo forum, the comments are correspondingly impersonal and consist (almost) only of "taking x, leaving y", but in a smaller group, which you can also form and create on the NaNo site, the comments are more personal.

3. SENTENCE OR DRABBLE CHALLENGE

First things first:
A drabbel is a scene or part of a scene, i.e. a literary text. It must be exactly 100 words long. You can post it in NaNoWriMo forums or on writing.com. You can also write it for yourself, of course.

Now, what is a sentence challenge?
This challenge can be done live and in person or in chat groups.
The first person writes or says a sentence, such as "Peter is looking forward to Thursday." The next person says a sentence where the first word must start with the first letter of "Thursday," the second word with the second letter, and so on.
So you always write/say a sentence where each word starts with the letter of the last person's last word.

In terms of Drabbels, this does NOT mean that you have to write a Drabbel for a sequence of a hundred letters (even if that would be a nice idea for sentence challenge experts, of course...), but:
Person A writes a Drabbel and publishes the last five words. Person B has to take the last five words as prompt for his own drabble and then publish his own last five words, person C then takes them as prompt, and so on.
You can play it with two people or more, although it's only really fun with three. You can do the Drabbel-Challenge for e.g. one month and then publish all written drabbles in the group.

And what is the use of Drabbels now?
Drabbles are all well and good. They (1) improve your writing style, (2) make you creative and (3) are fun. But what good are they for your novel?
Why don't you write a drabble that tells the content of your novel? This is good for plotting, but also as a first draft of your synopsis.
Or write the beginning of the next scene as a drabble. It can (4) help you if you don't feel like writing because you're only writing 100 words, a small amount, (5) help you develop a (daily?) writing routine, (6) teach you to be concise, and (7) get feedback for many snippets of your story. In addition, (8) you'll learn to write an engaging closing punch line.

4. KEEP A WRITING JOURNAL

A writing journal is a diary in which you record if, what, and how much you wrote today. It motivates you to write a number in it.

Your writing journal might be structured like this:

[date]
[What did you write about, how did it make you feel? If you can't think of anything in particular, just leave that out].
Daily goal:
Words new:
Total words:

It's up to you. You can also just keep it in a file, you don't have to get a notebook, but if you keep a BuJo anyway, this could be a good addition.

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