Recent Posts Tagged With 'character development'

• Need Plot Help? Need a Name? Quirk? Line?

  Posted on Saturday October 17th, 2009 at 10:45 in nanowrimo, character development

  Every year on the NaNo forums, there are dozens of threads started that are inspiring and helpful. There are even dare threads where you can insert a purple monkey who loves steak sandwiches somewhere in your novel. I tend to be a bit more serious th...

• Character Development Questions

  Posted on Thursday October 8th, 2009 at 13:03 in character development

  This is kind of a repost from last year, but with my new answers. Last year on the NaNo forums, there were tons of questions to answer about your characters, so each week I will be doing this from last years questions. Feel free to take the questions...

• Fun Way to Create Names of Any Kind

  Posted on Monday September 28th, 2009 at 16:01 in nanowrimo, character development, resources for writers

  I absolutely love the idea of using anagrams to create names for people, locations and buildings in your stories. For instance, the past couple of years, it has been a tradition to include someone in your novel with an anagram formed from NaNoWriMo. ...

• Ideas To Get in the NaNo Spirit

  Posted on Wednesday September 16th, 2009 at 12:10 in nanowrimo, creative writing, character development

  I was browsing through the forums over at NaNo and just trying to absorb as much info as I could to quench my insatiable appetite for November’s NaNo. I came across many posts that offered ideas and things people were doing to help get them in...

• Changing Your Plot

  Posted on Monday November 3rd, 2008 at 13:48 in nanowrimo, writing tips, character development

  It never fails to amaze me how many people wind up changing their story and plot that they have worked so hard on for the prior weeks, just a few days after NaNo starts. I was one of them last year at about 7K. I wound up scrapping that 7K, and did a...

• Need Help With Your Novel? Great Tips!

  Posted on Sunday October 26th, 2008 at 15:46 in writing, writing tips, character development, resources for writers

  Try any of these spots for a little help on writing your novel or getting inspired. I plan to keep this fairly updated and eventually turn it into a link up at the top. Looking for a first name? First Names and What They Mean Looking for a last name?...

• Researching the Novel

  Posted on Saturday October 25th, 2008 at 19:26 in nanowrimo, character development

  I’ve spent a huge portion of today researching elements of my novel. Two different libraries, and a few Websites. I have to get to know the house she purchases as if I actually live there myself. I also wanted to figure out which town the story...

• Got That Itch?

  Posted on Sunday October 19th, 2008 at 17:09 in nanowrimo, character development

  Many NaNo’ers complain a few week’s before NaNo starts (mostly on the forums) that they are itching to get started. I can totally relate to that, as I have been itching to get started on my story idea for week’s now. Especially when...

• Donations, a Halo and a Convertible Spyder

  Posted on Friday October 17th, 2008 at 22:48 in nanowrimo, character development

  Every year I send a donation to The Office of Letters and Light (NaNoWriMo). Last year I think I sent $20 total. This year, I plan to donate three times. Once in October, once in November and once in December, for a grand total of $60.00. Why do I do...

• What’s In Her Pocket?

  Posted on Thursday October 16th, 2008 at 21:15 in character development

  Last year I enjoyed asking myself questions about my character as she was developing. Since I am trying to get to know my new character better, I am all over asking myself those odd questions again. I ran across a thread on nanowrimo where they wante...