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Recipe for Edited Manuscript

  Things you’ll need: One computer A draft of your novel An outline Classical music Books Snacks (candy is preferred) Emotional endurance Social media avoidance Twitter — Directions: Start by turning on your computer and opening the draft of your manuscript. Stare at your novel for at least fifteen minutes before beginning. This step is… Read More Recipe for Edited Manuscript

March 7, 2016January 9, 2017 Mackenzie Bates8 Comments

Feeling desperate (to write)

The other day, I came across this quote from Veronica Roth that I thought pretty perfectly described my current mood. So I thought I’d share. It said: “And consider getting desperate. Desperate to write, desperate to get that story on the page, desperate to let the characters speak, and desperate to finish.” Now this quote came from a… Read More Feeling desperate (to write)

January 25, 2016January 9, 2017 Mackenzie Bates3 Comments

Being the Goldilocks of editing

I think I need to re-write this entire chapter. What if I removed that character from this scene? Oh, I like that scene a lot better now! Nope, nope, nope, that scene was better before. This is wrong…but I don’t know what needs to happen to make it better. I’ve definitely had a variation of all… Read More Being the Goldilocks of editing

October 12, 2015January 9, 2017 Mackenzie Bates2 Comments

“How to write a novel” and other things I googled

"How to write a novel" and other things I googled

When I first decided that I wanted to write a novel, I didn’t know where to begin. I had a few ideas that I possibly, maybe, kind of wanted to write about, but no clear idea of how I was actually supposed to do it. So I started where any other wise 21st century human being would have… Read More “How to write a novel” and other things I googled

September 14, 2015January 9, 2017 Mackenzie Bates4 Comments

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