The 90-Day Novel Challenge

It’s the final day of the 90-Day Novel Challenge. This is such an incredible accomplishment, and you deserve to celebrate!

The way we see it, you have two major achievements:

1. You wrote a novel…

If you’ve been procrastinating and waiting for the last minute, it’s here!

Now is the time to kick into it gear, use all of your remaining energy, and knock the end of this manuscript out.

Just…

You’ve told it. We all have.

Today we’re addressing the elephant in the room: what if you’re not going to finish your manuscript? What if you’re not even close?

That doesn’t make you a bad pers…

If all goes according to plan, you should be revising your manuscript soon!

What are revisions? What exactly should you do? How big of changes do you make at this stage? Those are all great questi…

Whether you’re already done or you still need the rest of the week, you’ll soon be finished writing the first draft of your novel!

As you come to “The End” of your manuscript, it’s important to ge…

Six writing days left to the end of the 90-Day Novel Challenge! You can do this.

Even if you feel like you still have a lot left to write, you can still complete this challenge. Don’t give up!

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Even if you’re looking at a sizable chunk of work to get this manuscript finished off by the end of the 90-Day Novel Challenge next week, I still believe you can do this.

And I’m not just being a …

If you’re feeling like you’ve stepped into a daunting, impossible thing, you’re not alone. You may be experiencing “Conscious Incompetence,” and it’s an important part of your journey to step into th…

Breakout stories often present the genre in a new way.

That’s one of the major storytelling lessons we can learn from The Godfather. In a genre typically rife with action and driven by a strong Ex…

You have exactly ten writing days left to finish your manuscript.

Now is the time to find a higher gear, capitalize on the deadline you set for yourself with the 90-Day Novel Challenge, and get th…

Here’s a productivity strategy that might give you a boost in the final days of the 90-Day Novel Challenge.

Pomodoro is named after the old tomato timers you might remember from your grandma’s kit…

There is one question that will fundamentally change your manuscript revision process.

Did I write the story I intended to write?

Of course if you just made up the story as you went along, this…

No more afters.

After I finish this project. After I get the promotion. After I retire. After the kids are in school. After things slow down…

What’s your after?

If you’re anything like most …

The “denouement” is the last piece of your story. This is where you wrap up any loose ends to finish up the book and help the reader exit the story.

1. Keep it short.
2. What needs to be resolved?
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Are you a spender or a saver?

As you collect content in your life, do you try to fit it all in somewhere in your writing? Or are you hesitant to use it because you don’t want to “waste” it?

Rem…

I’m not a huge fan of Marvel movies. They’re just too simplistic and predictable, I need the solution to be more than just more punching.

But there are a few movies in the catalogue that stand out…

Today best-selling author Kim Catron shares some of her writing wisdom and experience.

Her recommendation: keep notes on your manuscript as you write.

Kim is the best-selling author of Threshin…

You must resolve your Driving Conflict in the climax of your story. But you don’t have to resolve all five conflicts you’ve developed. In fact, it’s better to leave some of your story’s conflicts unr…

Am I allowed to eat cream cheese while I write my book? What if I want to etch the words into stone tablets, is that OK?

Can I use this page from my diary that I wrote when I was eight years old?

Sometimes tiny goals have more power than big ones.

On those days when the blank page is just overwhelming, don’t think about writing 1,000 words. Instead, what’s the smallest goal you could set f…