Good morning, squiders! Last week we started talking about the basics of outlining. We’ll finish that up today. What are the parts of an outline? Again, this varies wildly from author to author. A basic outline, the one most people
What is an Outline?
Okay, squiders! Let’s dig into outlines. What is an outline? In the most basic terms, an outline is a plan you make before you begin a story. You’re probably familiar with the form they teach you back in elementary school
Making Nano Work For Me
Afternoon, squiders! If you are doing Nano, you should be 10K at the end of today. How’s it going? As we discussed as a possibility last week, in the end I decided to do a time goal. 45 minutes a
Recording vs. Typing
I type, Squiders. When I write, I sit down at a computer, open a word processing document (or the blog window, I guess), and go to it. (Or get distracted by the Internet. Dang you, Internet, you double-edged sword.) But,
Assessing Yourself
I’ve talked about day jobs before, and how they can be useful for a number of reasons (steady income, giving your brain time to think through plot points and whatnot, etc.). I’ve also talked about how I think, at least
5 Things I’ve Learned From Co-Writing a Novel
Well, Squiders, that novel I’ve been working on isn’t exactly done and off to the editor like I hoped, but it’s very close, and I’m kind of basking in the accomplishment of completion even though we’re not quite there yet.
The Changes of the Process (Part 2)
Along with the revision/editing post from Tuesday, I found a post about outlining from February of 2011. A little newer than the editing one, but still completely different from my current process. Again, for those too lazy to go back
The Changes of the Process
So, for some reason that currently escapes me, I was re-reading the very start of this blog (from five years ago–yikes!) and one of my very first posts was about my editing process. (You can see that post here.) And
The Tricky Art of Character Creation
Before I get started, Squiders, let me note that both KitCampbellBooks.com and KitTheEditor.com are currently down. Apparently some sort of malicious source code snuck in through one of my WordPress plugins and tried to send people to other websites, so
Waiting on Other People (It’s Not Your Fault)
Oh, Squiders. Don’t you wish that you could do everything in a vacuum and never have to rely on other people? Sometimes I do. Sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I eat copious amounts of ice cream, which doesn’t really help anything,
