Here’s the second part of Beth’s guest post… Interview Your Characters Imagine one of your characters is sitting across the table from you, sipping a beverage, and looking at you. Keep your story in mind as you ask questions. Interview them and take notes. If you don’t know your story at all yet, all the…
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Get To Know Your Characters before You Write Your Novel by Beth Barany
Beth Barany is back with us and here’s the first of her two part blog about creating great characters for your story…. Many authors want to get to know their writers better before they write their novels but don’t know where to begin. One way to get to know them is to interview them. I love…
Brainstorming Techniques During NaNoWriMo So You Can Get Back to Your Novel by Beth Barany
Beth Barany is back with us and this time gives us some tips about brainstorming… You’ve started your novel with NaNoWriMo. Hurrah and congrats! But maybe on some days you lose your focus and don’t know what to write next. If you haven’t planned your novel ahead of time, then you may need some…
Planning Your Novel
Say hello to today’s guest blogger, Beth Barany who offers advice about planning our novels… Do you like plotting your story before you write it? I don’t! That is, I don’t like the sound of “plotting.” Sounds so boring and feels heavy. Like “plodding.” I’ve learned, though, through lots of trial and error that if…