Novel: Outline Up

I'm big on character and plot. But in the last 2 years, my brain has kinda rewired itself. I've developed a more intense need for organization... I think it's my life, really... So I signed up for Nanowrimo. 50k words used to be fairly easy, when my life had a few less details in it :P Now, it's time to re-approach my projects. World Building: 1st I am writing out the background of the world This is how does the magic(s) work? Who IS magical? What is the history and how does that affect your character and world set up? Character Building: 2nd I'm writing up the Character background for my main characters + villain-- Karryna, Dayton, Lara and Bea. 2a: Setting up the minor characters: --I don't need to know their whole back history, but I do need to know their motivations and...

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What are Critique Groups For?

First off--this is the 100th post! So lets celebrate by discussing the reason we're here on this blog, anyway. Critique Groups. What are they for? Why do we need them? Critique Groups exist to help you better your craft. There are multiple ways to look at the purpose for improving one's art of writing. None are less worthy than any other, however different goals do impact critique style. So it is of utmost importance that dominate goal of your critique group is synonymous with your personal writing goals. Writing for Hobby Some people dabble. They can live without writing, but they choose not to. I can't explain this well, because I don't understand it. I used to paint for fun, and draw. I drew because I wanted to see my characters,...

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If You Could Describe For Me...

So, I'm posting on Thursdays :P Let's pretend today is Thursday. What happened yesterday? The Guy put on a computer game. Stuff had been brewing for awhile (it's part of my process ;) and I've had a few "false starts" on this project already. For the School Daze Blogfest I tried a scene from Karryna's POV. It worked. Far better than anything from stubborn Lara's perspective has. So on went Pandora, in went the Earbuds, and out poured the latest start of the project. Starting new projects always teaches me something new. And while I'm not quite 2k words into this draft, I noticed something I want to work on. Description. Ok,I've always felt this was hard. Why? I could describe something till blood oozed from under my fingernails and I don't think people would feel it's real....

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After a short break...

 It's been a crazy, but fun few weeks.  And now (since everyone was undoubtedly aching for it), here's more Morgana: Chapter Six     When Morgana awoke, she could smell the intoxicating scent of breakfast.  She rose and remembered the tapestry.  While looking at the beautiful designs and heroic tales, Morgana realized that her hooves were tingling.  They seemed to want to leave the room.  Forgetting the tapestry, Morgana followed her hooves out of the room through many hallways and finally down a magnificent stairway that branched into two, but came back to one at the bottom.     As she reached the end, she noticed a gigantic room with countless tables of silver and chairs of gold.  Several of the chairs were occupied with fairies...

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