Midsummer Madness II @ Liberty Hall Writers
Posted on July 5, 2010
Filed Under Writing Process, novels |
I’ve done a lot of posting and have done a lot of challenges at Liberty Hall Writers Group. In order to give back a bit, I volunteered to conduct a workshop on novel planning. Note that I didn’t say novel writing. I would consider myself competent on novel planning having done two last year. Writing? Well let’s just say I haven’t had any takers on the two novels I’ve queried.
Anyway, this workshop is a combination of novel outlining/planning and world building. The two are interleaved. Last year LH did Midsummer Madness, novel outlining using a modified snowflake method, and Bloody August, a world building exercise. I thought that you had to do one before you did the other, but I didn’t know which to do first. So I combined them so you do both while you plan.
We’ll see how it goes. If you want a copy of the program, but aren’t a LH member, send me an email or comment below and I’ll get one to you. We started today and will end six weeks from now. For those who wish to participate in NaNoWriMo, this is a great way to get something planned so you can do more writing and less thinking during November. Think of it as a stress reducer.
I’ll post a few things as we go.
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