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How to come up with a novel idea

There are many, many ways people come up with ideas for their novel. Sometimes they grow organically. Sometimes inspiration strikes through a dream. And sometimes one has to help the process along. What I did this year was to think of ten to fifteen scenes from favorite books. How did each scene make me feel? […]

August 27, 2017 – 10:14 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, Writing | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Using freemind to plan your novel

In the 2007 NaNoWriMo forums, I wrote a post about how I used Freemind to plot my novel. Unfortunately, NaNo forum posts go away each year (it doesn’t look like they are archiving the sites anymore). Fortunately, tonight is the last night before they wipe the databases and I have pulled out the essence of […]

September 20, 2008 – 6:23 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in Writing | Tagged , , | Comments (0)