For those interested in using (or currently use) Liquid Story Writer as a writing platform, and aren’t part of the Yahoo chat and news group for the program, there has been a lot (double-emphasis on that word) of discussion lately over Scenes vs Chapters as a writing building mechanism.
Continue reading...18. August 2009
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I am writing this whilst on holiday. Internet access and bandwidth is limited, but that’s the point of a holiday. I get to do some stuff with the family before welcoming another family member into the fold next week. And I get to catch up on some reading. So I’ll make this as quick as [...]
Continue reading...16. July 2009
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Fear of Writing author, Milli Thornton, hosts a monthly challenge on her blog for writers to join in and write 10,000 words in a day. The next day is – today! Thursday, July 16th. And there are a few who have joined up or RSVPed on the blog to suggest they will be writing in [...]
Continue reading...16. July 2009
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In my next post I’ll be discussing a 10K challenge which is going on today. Now, I happen to know that I could – and often have – achieve that challenge, if I were in the right writing project. I’ve previously achieved 10,000 words a day on several occasions, and sometimes more than that. But [...]
Continue reading...14. July 2009
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On the subject of writing goals, and my consideration towards a writing group goal, I have also joined (in mind, at least) with the Inkygirl 1000 Words a Day Challenge. You will see the badge for this, plus some goal bars in a new sidebar section on this blog.
Continue reading...9. July 2009
In wanting to feel part of a writing community, I did something to myself which I now realise I need to re-adjust. It’s to do with my own writing, and a struggle between quantity versus quality. One of them, I can do aplenty, the other is not necessarily as easy for me.
Continue reading...8. June 2009
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Today I have some news from the software for writer’s front. This includes an upgrade to my writing program of choice, Liquid Story Binder, and a new freeware program designed to provide a completely distraction-free environment for stream-of-conciousness type writing, called Momentum Writer.
Continue reading...12. May 2009
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Previously, I wrote a post about using a free Family Tree maker called Family Tree Builder for creating fictional family trees for your characters. I have now taken the gen file export from Family Tree Builder into a free trial copy of GenoPro to show you what is possible within this program.
Continue reading...11. May 2009
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Labyrinth is a combination story writer software, organisation software, and almost a mindmapper, or structural application also. It’s a free download, so I thought I’d try it out to see if Labyrinth was helpful in my first attempts at planning my next novel.
Continue reading...28. April 2009
I’ve been working on planning out my latest novel over the last few days. This is a novel which for some time has been unable to be planned – in that it just doesn’t seem to ‘want’ any kind of plan or preparation to go down on paper. (In writing, at least). I got wise, [...]
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16. September 2009
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