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Word Maze - what I'm learning about writing

The second season of Word Maze is all about writing fiction.

Pilar abandoned NaNoWriMo but is continuing with her story. Writing, struggling, reading (favourite mode of procrastination) and podcasting her journey. 

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Nov 25, 2017

 A new scene with a secondary character, a small twist and this quote from Grant Faulkner:

"Don’t write what you know, write what you want to know."


Nov 19, 2017

The first part of the episode covers the words:

 

Alacrity

Avuncular 

Matelot

Redolent

Obverse

Ecumenical 

Peripatetic 

Arcana

At 13:30mins you can find some writing advice from Pilar today, inspired by something she observed in one of the books featured today:

Exposure, by Helen Dunmore
Hotel Alpha, by Mark Watson


Nov 19, 2017

I shouldn't have gone back to my first half, but I did and saw that the timeline is a mess. 

What I've discovered about my protagonist's father and one of her rituals. 

Why I need to develop "Steve" and what I discovered about him. 

Is my character becoming a bit monotonous?!


Nov 15, 2017

Discovering how to make the transition from the Ordinary World to the adventure a bit more difficult for the character to make; the difficulties of finding the moment when she accepts the call to action. 


Nov 12, 2017

Finally outlining! The little monsters that have appeared as characters, and mixing up the number of characters to colour the plot.