Most processes follow a set pattern of steps. They can be laid out from start to finish in an orderly fashion. The writing process isn’t like other processes. You can consider it the exception to the orderly rule of step-by-step routines. By definition the writing process are the steps a writer takes to create a… Continue reading YMMV: The Writing Process
Tag: editing
Finally Setting 2023 Goals
Initially when I started thinking of the goals I wanted to set for the year, I wanted to aim to completely edit and publish a novel this year. Part of the reasoning is that I’ve looked over my project list and had to face the fact that while I have a lot of writing projects.… Continue reading Finally Setting 2023 Goals
On Not Winning NaNo
I didn’t actually finish NaNoWriMo this year. I stopped a little under 10k short of hitting fifty thousand. After I threw out my outline (and subsequently ended up restarting to try and get out of the stilted opening) I kept going with my original plan of giving myself a set time for each scene. That… Continue reading On Not Winning NaNo
Parts of the Writing Process
What are the parts of the writing process? From drafting to publishing there are many steps to writing 'the end.'
Project Roadmap: Rosekeeper
I tend to switch my projects around fairly frequently, usually from month-to-month. It’s worked out well for me for years. Until recently however, I haven’t been doing much more than choosing a monthly project to work on and sort of diving in wherever felt best. The results of that have been mixed. Sometimes it works… Continue reading Project Roadmap: Rosekeeper
The Written Vixen 