You ever have a great idea for an additional scene (we're not talking about the Cave Scene here) for a novel? Something that is genuinely great, so you go ahead and take a day or two to add it and make sure it's clean. But then realize, "Wait a minute . . . That actually... Continue Reading →
Camp NaNoWriMo 2021: Week 8 (Bonus) – We’re in the Endgame Now
We . . . . . . made it. We . . . are out of act 2. There was a moment when I realized that I need to change the monster from the Cave Scene, but I was immediately like, "No, I am not going back to change that chapter again this week! "I... Continue Reading →
Camp NaNoWriMo 2021: Week 6 (Bonus) – We Are Not Yet in the Endgame
Yep, I was overconfident about how far I would get this week. To give myself credit, I haven't written yet today (although I started the day with my first D&D session in over a month, so I feel totally justified). My point is, technically, I will be further along by 2AM. However, full disclosure--staying honest--I... Continue Reading →
Camp NaNoWriMo 2021: Week 5 (Bonus) – Yep–I’m Basically Adding a New Chapter
Hey, everybody. I am fresh off of a meeting with my writing group and feeling wildly optimistic about Memory. Because it turns out I didn't waste my week outlining an additional chapter for the novel! Well, I say an additional chapter, but really I'm just extending an existing chapter and adding a fight scene to... Continue Reading →
Camp NaNoWriMo 2021: Week 4 – Omfg, Plot Your Fight Scenes
Hi. Oh man, it's me, your favorite chronic late-poster. I'm keeping it pre-e-e-etty short this week. Because I am . . . . . . exhausted. If you don't know, I have a bad leg that's been acting up for the past few days. That coupled with a much needed reset to the diet I'm... Continue Reading →
Camp NaNoWriMo 2021: Week 3 – A Time to Chill
Fun fact: I did not remember that A Time to Kill was a movie until I wrote the title for this post. Was not a pun, is not a pun: I have just come to terms with the fact . . . that I really need to relax. Week 3 was fine. In fact, Week... Continue Reading →
Camp NaNoWriMo 2021: Week 2 – Oh Yeah, I Jinxed It
I'm still writing. That's the important thing. But . . . man did I take a few hits this week. Hit #1 - Saturday I smacked right into another logistics question about a location. Basically, once again, I didn't thoroughly plot out the floor plan for one setting. Not because I didn't realize I should,... Continue Reading →
Camp NaNoWriMo 2021: Week 1 – I Can’t Believe It’s Working
Hi. And also, seriously, I can't believe the Promises Outline approach is working as well as it is. If you're new here, I'm Louis Santiago, a writer from New York who's been trying to perfect his writing process for sixteen years. Before that, I was in the Post-Its phase of writing (all worldbuilding, no actual... Continue Reading →
Camp NaNoWriMo, July 2021, Feels Like Fate
I know that's a little dramatic . . . . . . but I just finished editing my outline. Not rushing or stressing. Just at my normal pace, I just so happened to finish editing my outline an hour before July 1st--giving me exactly enough time to write this post. And that outline didn't need... Continue Reading →
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