100k Novel Challenge

Today's assignment is actually an entire week's worth of assignments rolled into one with a focal point that forms the actual assignment. Every day this week (Tuesday through Sunday), your goal is to aim to write 1,000 words a day. If you can only …

Continue Reading about #150Daysto100k – Assignment #11 – Character Development

A strong introductory arc is a critical part in writing a book. As mentioned in previous assignments, your beginning not only needs to be as close to the ending of the book as possible, it needs to be a critical event or decision that directly …

Continue Reading about #150Daysto100k – Assignment #10: Make Your Starting Arc More Robust

Today is the first day in almost a week I haven't been completely plagued with a headache (or migraine.) Bleh. As such, I'm a big bad 500 words into Rise of the Rift King, but that's 500 more words than I had before, which is great. (I am still on …

Continue Reading about #150Daysto100k – Assignment #8: Write your Next Scene

Writing a book is hard. Let's just get that truth out of the way. The people who make it look easy are either really good at their sales pitch, are lying, or have zero care about their final quality. (Even the skilled and talented have to work hard …

Continue Reading about #150Daysto100k – Assignment #7: Reflect On Your Opener

I meant to do this yesterday, but it turns out yesterday and day were sick days. (I was sick with some unknown aliment yesterday, and I am having a chronic pain episode involving a very old knee injury, which is bad enough it has disrupted my ability …

Continue Reading about #150Daysto100K – Assignment #6: Write Your Opener!