From No Plot? No Problem
"A first draft is an anything-goes space for you to roll up your sleeves and make a terrific mess. It is a place where the writer's plan is redrawn daily; a place where recklessness and risk-taking is rewarded, where half-assed planning and tangential writing can yield unexpectedly amazing results. It is , in short, a place for people like you and me.
And when it comes to the rough draft, the law of the land is best summed up in two words: Exuberant imperfection."
Chris Baty
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Countdown to Nano - 2 days
From No Plot? No Problem
"A good plot is less a matter of innovation and invention as it is one of creative reuse. The most acclaimed books of the modern era have used the same building blocks as the worst soap operas and clumsiest cartoons. The main thing separating the mind-blowing, life-changing stories of a great novel from the treacly dreck of daytime TV is the manner in which the tale is told. And this telling is the very thing that will emerge out of the clang and sweat of your weekly blacksmithing next month."
Chris Baty
"A good plot is less a matter of innovation and invention as it is one of creative reuse. The most acclaimed books of the modern era have used the same building blocks as the worst soap operas and clumsiest cartoons. The main thing separating the mind-blowing, life-changing stories of a great novel from the treacly dreck of daytime TV is the manner in which the tale is told. And this telling is the very thing that will emerge out of the clang and sweat of your weekly blacksmithing next month."
Chris Baty
Monday, October 29, 2007
Countdown to Nano - 3 days
From No Plot?No Problem
"A rough draft is best written in the steam-cooker of an already busy life. If you have a million things to do, adding item number 1,000,001 is not such a big deal. When, on the other hand, you have nothing to do, getting out of bed and washing yourself before 2.00pm feels like too much work to even contemplate."
Chris Baty
"A rough draft is best written in the steam-cooker of an already busy life. If you have a million things to do, adding item number 1,000,001 is not such a big deal. When, on the other hand, you have nothing to do, getting out of bed and washing yourself before 2.00pm feels like too much work to even contemplate."
Chris Baty
Thursday, October 25, 2007
NaNo for RWAC
Welcome to the blog for Romance Writer's of Atlantic Canada Nano challenge for 2007.
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